Elverson, PA
How exposed is Elverson to wildfire?
Out of every US place USFS scores, Elverson lands at the 14th percentile for wildfire risk to structures — among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally — a figure built from its 488 buildings, not the land around them. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Elverson at the 12th national percentile — 2 points below its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Where Elverson's buildings actually sit
56.4% of Elverson's 488 buildings fall in USFS's Indirect exposure zone — ember cast rather than direct flame — against 43.7% Direct and 0% Minimal. Vent screens and roofing material matter more here than lot clearing alone.
How Elverson compares
There's little gap between Elverson'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, Elverson ranks 26,989 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 17,577 by building count (1 is largest). Within Pennsylvania alone, it ranks 1,716 of 1,991 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Pennsylvania on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Elverson
At the 14th national percentile, Elverson rates low 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 56.4% of Elverson'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.
Where Elverson's figures come from
Every one of the two percentiles behind Elverson's 26,989-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Elverson's dominant indirect exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.