Kenilworth, PA
How exposed is Kenilworth to wildfire?
USFS scores Kenilworth at the 9th national percentile for wildfire risk to structures (among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally), a figure built from 838 real buildings rather than raw vegetation cover. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Kenilworth at the 8th percentile, close to its 9th-percentile risk score.
Kenilworth's building exposure, zone by zone
70.4% of Kenilworth's 838 buildings sit in USFS's Direct exposure zone, roughly 590 structures close enough to burnable vegetation for flame contact, not just embers — 0.1% fall in the Indirect, ember-only zone and 29.5% are Minimal.
How Kenilworth compares
There's little gap between Kenilworth's 9th national percentile and its 6th percentile inside Pennsylvania, which means the state comparison mostly confirms what the national score already shows. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Kenilworth ranks 28,820 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 13,278 by building count (1 is largest). Within Pennsylvania alone, it ranks 1,867 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
Kenilworth's low wildfire rating (9th 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.
What would actually reduce this score
With 70.4% of Kenilworth in Direct exposure, defensible-space clearing and ember-resistant construction (vents, Class-A roofing) address the exposure this page's own numbers describe, not a generic checklist. See the home-hardening guide.
Where Kenilworth's figures come from
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 838 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Kenilworth. The exposure-zones guide covers what Kenilworth's dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.