Colonial Park, PA
Colonial Park wildfire risk explained
Colonial Park's 4,875 buildings earn a 25th-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.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Colonial Park at the 26th national percentile — 1 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
84% of Colonial Park's 4,875 buildings sit in USFS's Minimal exposure zone, with only 13.5% rated Direct — risk here comes from regional burn probability more than proximity to burnable vegetation at the structure itself.
Colonial Park against the rest of the country
There's little gap between Colonial Park's 25th national percentile and its 29th percentile inside Pennsylvania, which means the state comparison mostly confirms what the national score already shows. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Colonial Park ranks 23,706 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 3,511 by building count (1 is largest). Within Pennsylvania alone, it ranks 1,415 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 25th national percentile, Colonial Park 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 Colonial Park
Even with 84% of Colonial Park 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 Colonial Park's figures come from
Colonial Park's 25th-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 Colonial Park's dominant minimal exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.