Lansford, PA
Lansford wildfire risk explained
Lansford's 1,582 buildings earn a 69th-percentile wildfire-risk score nationally under USFS's model — well above the national norm for wildfire risk. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Lansford at the 68th national percentile — 2 points below its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
Most of Lansford's buildings (93.4%) sit in the Indirect zone, where wind-blown embers rather than flame front are the mechanism USFS is scoring — ember-resistant vents and non-combustible roofing are the interventions this pattern favors, more than defensible space alone.
Lansford against the rest of the country
Compare Lansford's two percentiles: 100th within Pennsylvania, only 69th nationally — a gap of 30 points that marks it as unusually exposed for its own state. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Lansford ranks 9,681 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 8,825 by building count (1 is largest). Within Pennsylvania alone, it ranks 7 of 1,991 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Pennsylvania on its state page.
What this risk score means for insurance
Lansford's high rating (69th percentile) puts it among the places where the national carrier-pullback trend is most relevant — not a guarantee of a coverage problem, but a reason to shop rather than assume.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
With ember exposure the dominant pattern in Lansford (93.4% Indirect), vent screens and roofing material tend to matter more than lot clearing alone. The home-hardening guide covers both.
Where Lansford's figures come from
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 1,582 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Lansford. The exposure-zones guide covers what Lansford's dominant indirect exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.