Laurys Station, PA
How exposed is Laurys Station to wildfire?
Out of every US place USFS scores, Laurys Station lands at the 30th percentile for wildfire risk to structures — close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range — a figure built from its 603 buildings, not the land around them. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Laurys Station at the 30th national percentile — 1 points below its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Laurys Station's building exposure, zone by zone
603 buildings are counted in Laurys Station, and 65.3% of them are Indirect exposure — ember-driven risk rather than the 33.7% in Direct exposure or the 1% rated Minimal.
How Laurys Station compares
Laurys Station scores 30th nationally and 39th within Pennsylvania — close enough that its state context doesn't change the picture the national number already gives. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Laurys Station ranks 22,011 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 15,805 by building count (1 is largest). Within Pennsylvania alone, it ranks 1,222 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
Laurys Station's moderate wildfire rating (30th percentile) isn't the kind of score driving the carrier pullback making news in the highest-risk Western markets — but a standard homeowners quote is still worth comparing on its own terms.
What would actually reduce this score
Laurys Station's 65.3% Indirect-exposure share points at embers, not flame contact, as the main pathway — ember-resistant vents and non-combustible roofing rank ahead of defensible space here. Detail in the home-hardening guide.
Where Laurys Station's figures come from
Laurys Station's 30th-percentile score and its burn-probability figure both come from the same USFS workbook, documented in the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Laurys Station's dominant indirect exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.