Devon, PA
Devon wildfire risk explained
Devon sits at the 14th 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 699 counted buildings, not vegetation cover alone. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Devon's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 14th percentile nationally.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
USFS classifies 66.8% of Devon's buildings as Direct exposure, higher than its 33.2% Indirect share and far above its 0% Minimal share — a profile where 467 structures sit close enough to vegetation that lot clearing matters most.
Where Devon ranks
There's little gap between Devon's 14th national percentile and its 14th percentile inside Pennsylvania, which means the state comparison mostly confirms what the national score already shows. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Devon ranks 27,020 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 14,666 by building count (1 is largest). Within Pennsylvania alone, it ranks 1,719 of 1,991 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Pennsylvania on its state page.
Devon and the insurance market
Devon's low rating (14th percentile nationally) sits outside the range where wildfire risk alone reshapes an insurance market — still, a homeowner here loses nothing by comparing rates.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
Devon's 66.8% Direct-exposure share means lot clearing around the structure typically outweighs any single material upgrade here. The home-hardening guide ranks the options for a place shaped like this.
More on how this number was built
Every one of the two percentiles behind Devon's 27,020-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Devon, see the exposure-zones guide.