Lincolnville, PA
How exposed is Lincolnville to wildfire?
USFS scores Lincolnville at the 40th national percentile for wildfire risk to structures (close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range), a figure built from 112 real buildings rather than raw vegetation cover. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Lincolnville's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 41st percentile nationally.
Lincolnville's building exposure, zone by zone
Direct exposure dominates in Lincolnville: 82.1% of its 112 buildings, versus 17.9% Indirect and 0% Minimal. Clearing space around a structure changes the outcome here more than any single building-material swap.
How Lincolnville compares
Compare Lincolnville's two percentiles: 62nd within Pennsylvania, only 40th nationally — a gap of 22 points that marks it as unusually exposed for its own state. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Lincolnville ranks 18,984 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 28,562 by building count (1 is largest). Within Pennsylvania alone, it ranks 758 of 1,991 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Pennsylvania on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Lincolnville
Lincolnville's moderate wildfire rating (40th 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.
Hardening a home in Lincolnville
With 82.1% of Lincolnville in Direct exposure, defensible-space clearing and ember-resistant construction (vents, Class-A roofing) address the exposure this page's own numbers describe, not a generic checklist. See the home-hardening guide.
Where Lincolnville's figures come from
Every one of the two percentiles behind Lincolnville's 18,984-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Lincolnville's dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.