Lewisberry, PA
Lewisberry wildfire risk explained
Out of every US place USFS scores, Lewisberry lands at the 23rd percentile for wildfire risk to structures — close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range — a figure built from its 198 buildings, not the land around them. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Lewisberry at the 21st percentile, close to its 23rd-percentile risk score.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
Most of Lewisberry's buildings (83.8%) 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.
Where Lewisberry ranks
Lewisberry scores 23rd nationally and 25th 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, Lewisberry ranks 24,343 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 24,939 by building count (1 is largest). Within Pennsylvania alone, it ranks 1,485 of 1,991 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Pennsylvania on its state page.
Lewisberry and the insurance market
Lewisberry's moderate rating (23rd percentile nationally) sits outside the range where wildfire risk alone reshapes an insurance market — still, a homeowner here loses nothing by comparing rates.
What would actually reduce this score
Because 83.8% of Lewisberry's buildings sit in the Indirect zone, sealing the ember pathway (vents, roofing, gutters) is the intervention this page's data actually supports — see the home-hardening guide.
Where Lewisberry's figures come from
Every one of the two percentiles behind Lewisberry's 24,343-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Lewisberry's dominant indirect exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.