Clarendon, PA
How exposed is Clarendon to wildfire?
Clarendon sits at the 17th percentile nationally for wildfire risk to structures — among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally — per USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model, built from its 312 counted buildings, not vegetation cover alone. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Clarendon at the 17th national percentile — 0 points above its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
68% of Clarendon's 312 buildings fall in USFS's Indirect exposure zone — ember cast rather than direct flame — against 32.1% Direct and 0% Minimal. Vent screens and roofing material matter more here than lot clearing alone.
Where Clarendon ranks
Clarendon's risk sits at a similar level relative to Pennsylvania (18th percentile statewide) as it does nationally (17th) — this place isn't unusual for its own state either way. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Clarendon ranks 26,105 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 21,327 by building count (1 is largest). Within Pennsylvania alone, it ranks 1,634 of 1,991 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Pennsylvania on its state page.
Clarendon and the insurance market
Clarendon's low wildfire rating (17th percentile) isn't the kind of score driving the carrier pullback making news in the highest-risk Western markets — but a standard homeowners quote is still worth comparing on its own terms.
Hardening a home in Clarendon
With ember exposure the dominant pattern in Clarendon (68% Indirect), vent screens and roofing material tend to matter more than lot clearing alone. The home-hardening guide covers both.
More on how this number was built
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 312 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Clarendon. For more on what indirect exposure implies beyond Clarendon, see the exposure-zones guide.