Collingdale, PA
How exposed is Collingdale to wildfire?
USFS scores Collingdale at the 23rd national percentile for wildfire risk to structures (close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range), a figure built from 1,785 real buildings rather than raw vegetation cover. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Collingdale's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 25th percentile nationally.
Where Collingdale's buildings actually sit
Collingdale rates 98.3% Minimal exposure against just 1.7% Direct and 0% Indirect — of 1,785 buildings counted, few sit close enough to burnable vegetation for USFS to flag them individually.
How Collingdale compares
Collingdale scores 23rd nationally and 25th within Pennsylvania — close enough that its state context doesn't change the picture the national number already gives. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Collingdale ranks 24,370 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 8,111 by building count (1 is largest). Within Pennsylvania alone, it ranks 1,487 of 1,991 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Pennsylvania on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Collingdale
At the 23rd national percentile, Collingdale rates moderate for wildfire risk — well short of the threshold where insurers have been withdrawing coverage, though comparing a quote costs nothing either way.
What would actually reduce this score
Even with 98.3% of Collingdale outside USFS's Direct and Indirect zones, basic hardening — gutter maintenance, ember-resistant vents — is inexpensive relative to the regional burn-probability risk noted above. Details in the home-hardening guide.
Where Collingdale's figures come from
Collingdale's 23rd-percentile score and its burn-probability figure both come from the same USFS workbook, documented in the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Collingdale's dominant minimal exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.