Lawrence, PA
How exposed is Lawrence to wildfire?
USFS scores Lawrence at the 25th national percentile for wildfire risk to structures (close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range), a figure built from 429 real buildings rather than raw vegetation cover. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Lawrence at the 26th percentile, close to its 25th-percentile risk score.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
Indirect exposure is dominant in Lawrence (86.5% of 429 buildings): far enough from burnable vegetation to avoid flame contact, close enough for wind-blown embers. Only 13.5% sit in the Direct zone.
How Lawrence compares
Lawrence scores 25th nationally and 28th 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, Lawrence ranks 23,773 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 18,680 by building count (1 is largest). Within Pennsylvania alone, it ranks 1,424 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
Lawrence's moderate rating (25th percentile nationally) sits outside the range where wildfire risk alone reshapes an insurance market — still, a homeowner here loses nothing by comparing rates.
Hardening a home in Lawrence
Lawrence's 86.5% 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.
More on how this number was built
Lawrence's 25th-percentile score and its burn-probability figure both come from the same USFS workbook, documented in the methodology guide. For more on what indirect exposure implies beyond Lawrence, see the exposure-zones guide.