Chester Hill, PA
Chester Hill, PA's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
USFS scores Chester Hill at the 46th national percentile for wildfire risk to structures (modestly above the national average for wildfire risk), a figure built from 457 real buildings rather than raw vegetation cover. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Chester Hill at the 45th national percentile — 0 points below its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Chester Hill's building exposure, zone by zone
93.9% of Chester Hill's 457 buildings fall in USFS's Indirect exposure zone — ember cast rather than direct flame — against 6.1% Direct and 0% Minimal. Vent screens and roofing material matter more here than lot clearing alone.
Where Chester Hill ranks
Chester Hill's 73rd-percentile standing inside Pennsylvania outpaces its 46th national percentile — this is a hotter spot than most of its own state, even though the state as a whole runs cooler nationally. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Chester Hill ranks 17,156 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 18,138 by building count (1 is largest). Within Pennsylvania alone, it ranks 531 of 1,991 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Pennsylvania on its state page.
Chester Hill and the insurance market
Chester Hill's elevated rating (46th 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 Chester Hill
Chester Hill's 93.9% Indirect-exposure share points at embers, not flame contact, as the main pathway — ember-resistant vents and non-combustible roofing rank ahead of defensible space here. Detail in the home-hardening guide.
More on how this number was built
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 457 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Chester Hill. For more on what indirect exposure implies beyond Chester Hill, see the exposure-zones guide.