Ben Avon, PA
How exposed is Ben Avon to wildfire?
Ben Avon's 883 buildings earn a 28th-percentile wildfire-risk score nationally under USFS's model — close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Ben Avon's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 28th percentile nationally.
Where Ben Avon's buildings actually sit
Only 14.2% of Ben Avon's 883 buildings carry Direct exposure and 40.8% carry Indirect; the remaining 45.1% are Minimal, which shifts the risk driving this page's score toward the surrounding landscape rather than any one structure.
Where Ben Avon ranks
Ben Avon's risk sits at a similar level relative to Pennsylvania (34th percentile statewide) as it does nationally (28th) — this place isn't unusual for its own state either way. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Ben Avon ranks 22,795 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 12,880 by building count (1 is largest). Within Pennsylvania alone, it ranks 1,319 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
Ben Avon's moderate rating (28th 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
With 45.1% of buildings rated Minimal exposure, Ben Avon gets less benefit from structure hardening than a Direct- or Indirect-dominant place would — the home-hardening guide explains why the zone matters.
More on how this number was built
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 883 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Ben Avon. For more on what minimal exposure implies beyond Ben Avon, see the exposure-zones guide.