East Stroudsburg, PA
How exposed is East Stroudsburg to wildfire?
USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model puts East Stroudsburg at the 37th national percentile for risk to structures, close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range — a score built from 2,624 actual buildings. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, East Stroudsburg's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 38th percentile nationally.
Where East Stroudsburg's buildings actually sit
55.8% of East Stroudsburg's 2,624 buildings fall in USFS's Indirect exposure zone — ember cast rather than direct flame — against 30.4% Direct and 13.8% Minimal. Vent screens and roofing material matter more here than lot clearing alone.
How East Stroudsburg compares
Compare East Stroudsburg's two percentiles: 54th within Pennsylvania, only 37th nationally — a gap of 18 points that marks it as unusually exposed for its own state. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, East Stroudsburg ranks 19,958 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 6,061 by building count (1 is largest). Within Pennsylvania alone, it ranks 910 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 37th national percentile, East Stroudsburg 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
Because 55.8% of East Stroudsburg's buildings sit in the Indirect zone, sealing the ember pathway (vents, roofing, gutters) is the intervention this page's data actually supports — see the home-hardening guide.
More on how this number was built
Every one of the two percentiles behind East Stroudsburg's 19,958-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. For more on what indirect exposure implies beyond East Stroudsburg, see the exposure-zones guide.