Pennsburg, PA
Pennsburg wildfire risk explained
Pennsburg's 1,019 buildings earn a 14th-percentile wildfire-risk score nationally under USFS's model — among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Pennsburg at the 14th percentile, close to its 14th-percentile risk score.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
55.5% of Pennsburg's 1,019 buildings fall in USFS's Indirect exposure zone — ember cast rather than direct flame — against 16.4% Direct and 28.2% Minimal. Vent screens and roofing material matter more here than lot clearing alone.
Where Pennsburg ranks
Pennsburg's risk sits at a similar level relative to Pennsylvania (14th percentile statewide) as it does nationally (14th) — this place isn't unusual for its own state either way. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Pennsburg ranks 26,991 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 11,809 by building count (1 is largest). Within Pennsylvania alone, it ranks 1,718 of 1,991 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Pennsylvania on its state page.
Pennsburg and the insurance market
Pennsburg's low rating (14th 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 Pennsburg
Pennsburg's 55.5% 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.
Where Pennsburg's figures come from
Every one of the two percentiles behind Pennsburg's 26,991-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Pennsburg's dominant indirect exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.