Bridgeville, PA
How exposed is Bridgeville to wildfire?
Bridgeville sits at the 24th percentile nationally for wildfire risk to structures — close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range — per USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model, built from its 2,307 counted buildings, not vegetation cover alone. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Bridgeville's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 25th percentile nationally.
Where Bridgeville's buildings actually sit
USFS puts 71.7% of Bridgeville's 2,307 buildings in the Indirect exposure zone, versus 3.8% Direct and 24.5% Minimal — a place where the fire doesn't need to reach the structure directly for embers to.
Bridgeville against the rest of the country
There's little gap between Bridgeville's 24th national percentile and its 27th percentile inside Pennsylvania, which means the state comparison mostly confirms what the national score already shows. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Bridgeville ranks 24,058 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 6,683 by building count (1 is largest). Within Pennsylvania alone, it ranks 1,450 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 24th national percentile, Bridgeville rates moderate 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 Bridgeville
Because 71.7% of Bridgeville's buildings sit in the Indirect zone, sealing the ember pathway (vents, roofing, gutters) is the intervention this page's data actually supports — see the home-hardening guide.
More on how this number was built
Every one of the two percentiles behind Bridgeville's 24,058-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. For more on what indirect exposure implies beyond Bridgeville, see the exposure-zones guide.