Avon, PA
How exposed is Avon to wildfire?
Out of every US place USFS scores, Avon lands at the 6th percentile for wildfire risk to structures — among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally — a figure built from its 805 buildings, not the land around them. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Avon's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 7th percentile nationally.
Avon's building exposure, zone by zone
Avon rates 90.7% Minimal exposure against just 9.3% Direct and 0% Indirect — of 805 buildings counted, few sit close enough to burnable vegetation for USFS to flag them individually.
Where Avon ranks
Avon scores 6th nationally and 3rd 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, Avon ranks 29,577 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 13,593 by building count (1 is largest). Within Pennsylvania alone, it ranks 1,925 of 1,991 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Pennsylvania on its state page.
Avon and the insurance market
Avon's low rating (6th 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 Avon
Avon's 90.7% 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.
Where Avon's figures come from
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 805 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Avon. The exposure-zones guide covers what Avon's dominant minimal exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.