Exton, PA
How exposed is Exton to wildfire?
Exton's 1,441 buildings earn a 10th-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, Exton's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 9th percentile nationally.
Where Exton's buildings actually sit
Only 43.7% of Exton's 1,441 buildings carry Direct exposure and 0% carry Indirect; the remaining 56.3% are Minimal, which shifts the risk driving this page's score toward the surrounding landscape rather than any one structure.
Where Exton ranks
Exton scores 10th nationally and 8th within Pennsylvania — close enough that its state context doesn't change the picture the national number already gives. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Exton ranks 28,474 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 9,427 by building count (1 is largest). Within Pennsylvania alone, it ranks 1,835 of 1,991 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Pennsylvania on its state page.
Exton and the insurance market
At the 10th national percentile, Exton rates low 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 Exton
Even with 56.3% of Exton outside USFS's Direct and Indirect zones, basic hardening — gutter maintenance, ember-resistant vents — is inexpensive relative to the regional burn-probability risk noted above. Details in the home-hardening guide.
More on how this number was built
Exton's 10th-percentile score and its burn-probability figure both come from the same USFS workbook, documented in the methodology guide. For more on what minimal exposure implies beyond Exton, see the exposure-zones guide.