Colwyn, PA
How exposed is Colwyn to wildfire?
USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model puts Colwyn at the 33rd national percentile for risk to structures, close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range — a score built from 366 actual buildings. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Colwyn's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 34th percentile nationally.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
Most of Colwyn's buildings (99.5% of 366) fall outside USFS's Direct and Indirect zones entirely — that doesn't zero out the score above, it means the risk is regional, not structure-by-structure.
How Colwyn compares
Colwyn's risk sits at a similar level relative to Pennsylvania (44th percentile statewide) as it does nationally (33rd) — this place isn't unusual for its own state either way. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Colwyn ranks 21,187 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 19,946 by building count (1 is largest). Within Pennsylvania alone, it ranks 1,107 of 1,991 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Pennsylvania on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Colwyn
Colwyn's moderate wildfire rating (33rd 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.
What would actually reduce this score
Colwyn's 99.5% Minimal-exposure share means structure-level hardening matters less here than it would elsewhere — still worth the low-cost basics, per the home-hardening guide.
Where Colwyn's figures come from
Colwyn's 33rd-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 Colwyn's dominant minimal exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.