Flinton, PA
Flinton, PA's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model puts Flinton at the 53rd national percentile for risk to structures, modestly above the national average for wildfire risk — a score built from 97 actual buildings. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Flinton's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 53rd percentile nationally.
Where Flinton's buildings actually sit
97 buildings are counted in Flinton, and 92.8% of them sit in USFS's Direct exposure zone — flame contact, not just ember cast, is the live possibility for most of them, against 0% rated Minimal.
Flinton against the rest of the country
Compare Flinton's two percentiles: 88th within Pennsylvania, only 53rd nationally — a gap of 35 points that marks it as unusually exposed for its own state. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Flinton ranks 14,854 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 29,199 by building count (1 is largest). Within Pennsylvania alone, it ranks 250 of 1,991 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Pennsylvania on its state page.
Flinton and the insurance market
Flinton's elevated rating (53rd percentile nationally) sits outside the range where wildfire risk alone reshapes an insurance market — still, a homeowner here loses nothing by comparing rates.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
Because Direct exposure dominates in Flinton (92.8%), the highest-leverage fix is defensible space, not roofing or vents alone — covered in the home-hardening guide.
More on how this number was built
Every one of the two percentiles behind Flinton's 14,854-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Flinton, see the exposure-zones guide.