Avondale, PA
Avondale, PA's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Avondale's 367 buildings earn a 13th-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 Avondale at the 13th percentile, close to its 13th-percentile risk score.
Where Avondale's buildings actually sit
61.9% of Avondale's 367 buildings sit in USFS's Minimal exposure zone, with only 38.2% rated Direct — risk here comes from regional burn probability more than proximity to burnable vegetation at the structure itself.
Where Avondale ranks
There's little gap between Avondale's 13th national percentile and its 11th percentile inside Pennsylvania, which means the state comparison mostly confirms what the national score already shows. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Avondale ranks 27,592 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 19,931 by building count (1 is largest). Within Pennsylvania alone, it ranks 1,773 of 1,991 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Pennsylvania on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Avondale
Avondale's low rating (13th percentile nationally) sits outside the range where wildfire risk alone reshapes an insurance market — still, a homeowner here loses nothing by comparing rates.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
Even with 61.9% of Avondale outside USFS's Direct and Indirect zones, basic hardening — gutter maintenance, ember-resistant vents — is inexpensive relative to the regional burn-probability risk noted above. Details in the home-hardening guide.
More on how this number was built
Avondale's 13th-percentile score and its burn-probability figure both come from the same USFS workbook, documented in the methodology guide. For more on what minimal exposure implies beyond Avondale, see the exposure-zones guide.