Starbrick, PA
How exposed is Starbrick to wildfire?
USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model puts Starbrick at the 19th national percentile for risk to structures, among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally — a score built from 493 actual buildings. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Starbrick at the 19th national percentile — 0 points below its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Starbrick's building exposure, zone by zone
Of Starbrick's 493 counted buildings, 59.4% carry Direct exposure and only 0.4% carry Minimal — a lopsided split that puts defensible-space clearing ahead of vents or roofing as the intervention worth doing first.
Where Starbrick ranks
Starbrick scores 19th nationally and 20th 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, Starbrick ranks 25,574 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 17,485 by building count (1 is largest). Within Pennsylvania alone, it ranks 1,589 of 1,991 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Pennsylvania on its state page.
What this risk score means for insurance
At the 19th national percentile, Starbrick rates low for wildfire risk — well short of the threshold where insurers have been withdrawing coverage, though comparing a quote costs nothing either way.
Hardening a home in Starbrick
Because Direct exposure dominates in Starbrick (59.4%), the highest-leverage fix is defensible space, not roofing or vents alone — covered in the home-hardening guide.
Where Starbrick's figures come from
Starbrick's 19th-percentile score and its burn-probability figure both come from the same USFS workbook, documented in the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Starbrick's dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.