Edenburg, PA
How exposed is Edenburg to wildfire?
USFS scores Edenburg at the 46th national percentile for wildfire risk to structures (modestly above the national average for wildfire risk), a figure built from 339 real buildings rather than raw vegetation cover. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Edenburg at the 44th percentile, close to its 46th-percentile risk score.
Where Edenburg's buildings actually sit
Indirect exposure is dominant in Edenburg (75.8% of 339 buildings): far enough from burnable vegetation to avoid flame contact, close enough for wind-blown embers. Only 24.2% sit in the Direct zone.
How Edenburg compares
Compare Edenburg's two percentiles: 73rd within Pennsylvania, only 46th nationally — a gap of 28 points that marks it as unusually exposed for its own state. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Edenburg ranks 17,188 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 20,602 by building count (1 is largest). Within Pennsylvania alone, it ranks 536 of 1,991 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Pennsylvania on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Edenburg
At the 46th national percentile, Edenburg rates elevated 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 Edenburg
With ember exposure the dominant pattern in Edenburg (75.8% Indirect), vent screens and roofing material tend to matter more than lot clearing alone. The home-hardening guide covers both.
More on how this number was built
Every one of the two percentiles behind Edenburg's 17,188-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. For more on what indirect exposure implies beyond Edenburg, see the exposure-zones guide.