Fox Chase, PA
How exposed is Fox Chase to wildfire?
Fox Chase's 559 buildings earn a 27th-percentile wildfire-risk score nationally under USFS's model — close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Fox Chase at the 27th national percentile — 0 points above its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
Only 14% of Fox Chase's 559 buildings carry Direct exposure and 14% carry Indirect; the remaining 72.1% are Minimal, which shifts the risk driving this page's score toward the surrounding landscape rather than any one structure.
Fox Chase against the rest of the country
Fox Chase's risk sits at a similar level relative to Pennsylvania (33rd percentile statewide) as it does nationally (27th) — this place isn't unusual for its own state either way. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Fox Chase ranks 22,953 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 16,433 by building count (1 is largest). Within Pennsylvania alone, it ranks 1,336 of 1,991 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Pennsylvania on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Fox Chase
Fox Chase's moderate wildfire rating (27th percentile) isn't the kind of score driving the carrier pullback making news in the highest-risk Western markets — but a standard homeowners quote is still worth comparing on its own terms.
Hardening a home in Fox Chase
With 72.1% of buildings rated Minimal exposure, Fox Chase gets less benefit from structure hardening than a Direct- or Indirect-dominant place would — the home-hardening guide explains why the zone matters.
Where Fox Chase's figures come from
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 559 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Fox Chase. The exposure-zones guide covers what Fox Chase's dominant minimal exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.