Maple Glen, PA
How exposed is Maple Glen to wildfire?
USFS scores Maple Glen at the 14th national percentile for wildfire risk to structures (among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally), a figure built from 2,406 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 Maple Glen at the 14th percentile, close to its 14th-percentile risk score.
Maple Glen's building exposure, zone by zone
65.3% of Maple Glen's 2,406 buildings sit in USFS's Direct exposure zone, roughly 1,571 structures close enough to burnable vegetation for flame contact, not just embers — 18.1% fall in the Indirect, ember-only zone and 16.6% are Minimal.
Maple Glen against the rest of the country
Maple Glen's risk sits at a similar level relative to Pennsylvania (13th percentile statewide) as it does nationally (14th) — this place isn't unusual for its own state either way. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Maple Glen ranks 27,240 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 6,501 by building count (1 is largest). Within Pennsylvania alone, it ranks 1,741 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
Maple Glen's low rating (14th 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 Maple Glen
With 65.3% of Maple Glen 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 Maple Glen's figures come from
Every one of the two percentiles behind Maple Glen's 27,240-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Maple Glen's dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.