Grindstone, PA
Grindstone, PA's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Grindstone's 288 buildings earn a 37th-percentile wildfire-risk score nationally under USFS's model — close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Grindstone's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 39th percentile nationally.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
61.1% of Grindstone's 288 buildings fall in USFS's Indirect exposure zone — ember cast rather than direct flame — against 38.9% Direct and 0% Minimal. Vent screens and roofing material matter more here than lot clearing alone.
How Grindstone compares
Grindstone's 55th-percentile standing inside Pennsylvania outpaces its 37th national percentile — this is a hotter spot than most of its own state, even though the state as a whole runs cooler nationally. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Grindstone ranks 19,922 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 21,975 by building count (1 is largest). Within Pennsylvania alone, it ranks 903 of 1,991 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Pennsylvania on its state page.
Grindstone and the insurance market
At the 37th national percentile, Grindstone rates moderate for wildfire risk — well short of the threshold where insurers have been withdrawing coverage, though comparing a quote costs nothing either way.
What would actually reduce this score
With ember exposure the dominant pattern in Grindstone (61.1% Indirect), vent screens and roofing material tend to matter more than lot clearing alone. The home-hardening guide covers both.
More on how this number was built
Every one of the two percentiles behind Grindstone's 19,922-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. For more on what indirect exposure implies beyond Grindstone, see the exposure-zones guide.