Glendon, PA
How exposed is Glendon to wildfire?
Out of every US place USFS scores, Glendon lands at the 28th percentile for wildfire risk to structures — close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range — a figure built from its 201 buildings, not the land around them. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Glendon at the 27th national percentile — 1 points below its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Where Glendon's buildings actually sit
USFS puts 55.2% of Glendon's 201 buildings in the Indirect exposure zone, versus 44.8% Direct and 0% Minimal — a place where the fire doesn't need to reach the structure directly for embers to.
Where Glendon ranks
Glendon scores 28th nationally and 35th 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, Glendon ranks 22,644 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 24,812 by building count (1 is largest). Within Pennsylvania alone, it ranks 1,303 of 1,991 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Pennsylvania on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Glendon
Glendon's moderate rating (28th percentile nationally) sits outside the range where wildfire risk alone reshapes an insurance market — still, a homeowner here loses nothing by comparing rates.
What would actually reduce this score
Glendon's 55.2% Indirect-exposure share points at embers, not flame contact, as the main pathway — ember-resistant vents and non-combustible roofing rank ahead of defensible space here. Detail in the home-hardening guide.
More on how this number was built
Every one of the two percentiles behind Glendon's 22,644-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. For more on what indirect exposure implies beyond Glendon, see the exposure-zones guide.