Linds Crossing, PA
Linds Crossing, PA's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
USFS scores Linds Crossing at the 51st national percentile for wildfire risk to structures (modestly above the national average for wildfire risk), a figure built from 69 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 Linds Crossing at the 51st percentile, close to its 51st-percentile risk score.
Linds Crossing's building exposure, zone by zone
Direct exposure dominates in Linds Crossing: 100% of its 69 buildings, versus 0% Indirect and 0% Minimal. Clearing space around a structure changes the outcome here more than any single building-material swap.
Linds Crossing against the rest of the country
Within Pennsylvania, Linds Crossing ranks higher (84th percentile) than it does nationally (51st) — one of the more fire-exposed places in a state that, overall, scores lower than that. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Linds Crossing ranks 15,391 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 30,330 by building count (1 is largest). Within Pennsylvania alone, it ranks 317 of 1,991 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Pennsylvania on its state page.
Linds Crossing and the insurance market
At the 51st national percentile, Linds Crossing rates elevated for wildfire risk — well short of the threshold where insurers have been withdrawing coverage, though comparing a quote costs nothing either way.
What would actually reduce this score
With 100% of Linds Crossing 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 Linds Crossing's figures come from
Every one of the two percentiles behind Linds Crossing's 15,391-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Linds Crossing's dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.