Millerstown (Perry), PA
Millerstown (Perry), PA's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
USFS scores Millerstown (Perry) at the 44th national percentile for wildfire risk to structures (modestly above the national average for wildfire risk), a figure built from 349 real buildings rather than raw vegetation cover. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Millerstown (Perry)'s burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 43rd percentile nationally.
Where Millerstown (Perry)'s buildings actually sit
USFS puts 69.1% of Millerstown (Perry)'s 349 buildings in the Indirect exposure zone, versus 31% Direct and 0% Minimal — a place where the fire doesn't need to reach the structure directly for embers to.
How Millerstown (Perry) compares
Millerstown (Perry)'s 71st-percentile standing inside Pennsylvania outpaces its 44th national percentile — this is a hotter spot than most of its own state, even though the state as a whole runs cooler nationally. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Millerstown (Perry) ranks 17,600 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 20,349 by building count (1 is largest). Within Pennsylvania alone, it ranks 580 of 1,991 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Pennsylvania on its state page.
Millerstown (Perry) and the insurance market
Millerstown (Perry)'s elevated rating (44th 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 69.1% of Millerstown (Perry)'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.
More on how this number was built
Millerstown (Perry)'s 44th-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 Millerstown (Perry), see the exposure-zones guide.