Atglen, PA
Atglen, PA's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Atglen sits at the 9th 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 510 counted buildings, not vegetation cover alone. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Atglen's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 8th percentile nationally.
Atglen's building exposure, zone by zone
Indirect exposure is dominant in Atglen (52.8% of 510 buildings): far enough from burnable vegetation to avoid flame contact, close enough for wind-blown embers. Only 47.3% sit in the Direct zone.
Atglen against the rest of the country
There's little gap between Atglen's 9th national percentile and its 7th percentile inside Pennsylvania, which means the state comparison mostly confirms what the national score already shows. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Atglen ranks 28,566 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 17,174 by building count (1 is largest). Within Pennsylvania alone, it ranks 1,844 of 1,991 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Pennsylvania on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Atglen
At the 9th national percentile, Atglen 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 Atglen
With ember exposure the dominant pattern in Atglen (52.8% Indirect), vent screens and roofing material tend to matter more than lot clearing alone. The home-hardening guide covers both.
More on how this number was built
Atglen's 9th-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 Atglen, see the exposure-zones guide.