Shrewsbury, PA
Shrewsbury, PA's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Shrewsbury sits at the 6th percentile nationally for wildfire risk to structures — among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally — per USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model, built from its 1,774 counted buildings, not vegetation cover alone. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Shrewsbury's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 6th percentile nationally.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
Most of Shrewsbury's buildings (47.4% of 1,774) fall outside USFS's Direct and Indirect zones entirely — that doesn't zero out the score above, it means the risk is regional, not structure-by-structure.
Where Shrewsbury ranks
Shrewsbury scores 6th nationally and 4th 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, Shrewsbury ranks 29,519 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 8,142 by building count (1 is largest). Within Pennsylvania alone, it ranks 1,922 of 1,991 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Pennsylvania on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Shrewsbury
Shrewsbury's low wildfire rating (6th 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 Shrewsbury
Shrewsbury's 47.4% Minimal-exposure share means structure-level hardening matters less here than it would elsewhere — still worth the low-cost basics, per the home-hardening guide.
More on how this number was built
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 1,774 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Shrewsbury. For more on what minimal exposure implies beyond Shrewsbury, see the exposure-zones guide.