Glenfield, PA
How exposed is Glenfield to wildfire?
Out of every US place USFS scores, Glenfield lands at the 29th percentile for wildfire risk to structures — close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range — a figure built from its 138 buildings, not the land around them. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Glenfield at the 29th national percentile — 0 points below its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Where Glenfield's buildings actually sit
Most of Glenfield's buildings (57.3%) sit in the Indirect zone, where wind-blown embers rather than flame front are the mechanism USFS is scoring — ember-resistant vents and non-combustible roofing are the interventions this pattern favors, more than defensible space alone.
How Glenfield compares
There's little gap between Glenfield's 29th national percentile and its 37th percentile inside Pennsylvania, which means the state comparison mostly confirms what the national score already shows. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Glenfield ranks 22,326 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 27,378 by building count (1 is largest). Within Pennsylvania alone, it ranks 1,261 of 1,991 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Pennsylvania on its state page.
What this risk score means for insurance
Glenfield's moderate rating (29th 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
Because 57.3% of Glenfield'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 Glenfield's figures come from
Glenfield's 29th-percentile score and its burn-probability figure both come from the same USFS workbook, documented in the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Glenfield's dominant indirect exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.