Lenape Heights, PA
Lenape Heights, PA's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Out of every US place USFS scores, Lenape Heights lands at the 36th percentile for wildfire risk to structures — close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range — a figure built from its 743 buildings, not the land around them. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Lenape Heights at the 37th national percentile — 2 points above its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Where Lenape Heights's buildings actually sit
Most of Lenape Heights's buildings (81.2%) 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.
Lenape Heights against the rest of the country
Lenape Heights's 52nd-percentile standing inside Pennsylvania outpaces its 36th national percentile — this is a hotter spot than most of its own state, even though the state as a whole runs cooler nationally. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Lenape Heights ranks 20,246 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 14,202 by building count (1 is largest). Within Pennsylvania alone, it ranks 958 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
Lenape Heights's moderate rating (36th percentile nationally) sits outside the range where wildfire risk alone reshapes an insurance market — still, a homeowner here loses nothing by comparing rates.
Hardening a home in Lenape Heights
With ember exposure the dominant pattern in Lenape Heights (81.2% Indirect), vent screens and roofing material tend to matter more than lot clearing alone. The home-hardening guide covers both.
Where Lenape Heights's figures come from
Every one of the two percentiles behind Lenape Heights's 20,246-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Lenape Heights's dominant indirect exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.