Dilworthtown, PA
How exposed is Dilworthtown to wildfire?
Dilworthtown's 332 buildings earn a 20th-percentile wildfire-risk score nationally under USFS's model — among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Dilworthtown's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 19th percentile nationally.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
332 buildings are counted in Dilworthtown, and 50.9% of them are Indirect exposure — ember-driven risk rather than the 49.1% in Direct exposure or the 0% rated Minimal.
How Dilworthtown compares
There's little gap between Dilworthtown's 20th national percentile and its 21st percentile inside Pennsylvania, which means the state comparison mostly confirms what the national score already shows. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Dilworthtown ranks 25,353 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 20,771 by building count (1 is largest). Within Pennsylvania alone, it ranks 1,571 of 1,991 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Pennsylvania on its state page.
Dilworthtown and the insurance market
Dilworthtown's low rating (20th percentile nationally) sits outside the range where wildfire risk alone reshapes an insurance market — still, a homeowner here loses nothing by comparing rates.
What would actually reduce this score
With ember exposure the dominant pattern in Dilworthtown (50.9% Indirect), vent screens and roofing material tend to matter more than lot clearing alone. The home-hardening guide covers both.
Where Dilworthtown's figures come from
Dilworthtown's 20th-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 Dilworthtown's dominant indirect exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.