Bryn Athyn, PA
Bryn Athyn, PA's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Bryn Athyn's 462 buildings earn a 22nd-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, Bryn Athyn's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 23rd percentile nationally.
Where Bryn Athyn's buildings actually sit
USFS classifies 89% of Bryn Athyn's buildings as Direct exposure, higher than its 11% Indirect share and far above its 0% Minimal share — a profile where 411 structures sit close enough to vegetation that lot clearing matters most.
How Bryn Athyn compares
There's little gap between Bryn Athyn's 22nd national percentile and its 25th percentile inside Pennsylvania, which means the state comparison mostly confirms what the national score already shows. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Bryn Athyn ranks 24,532 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 18,034 by building count (1 is largest). Within Pennsylvania alone, it ranks 1,496 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 22nd national percentile, Bryn Athyn rates moderate for wildfire risk — well short of the threshold where insurers have been withdrawing coverage, though comparing a quote costs nothing either way.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
Bryn Athyn's 89% Direct-exposure share means lot clearing around the structure typically outweighs any single material upgrade here. The home-hardening guide ranks the options for a place shaped like this.
More on how this number was built
Bryn Athyn's 22nd-percentile score and its burn-probability figure both come from the same USFS workbook, documented in the methodology guide. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Bryn Athyn, see the exposure-zones guide.