Marshallton (Chester), PA
Marshallton (Chester) wildfire risk explained
Marshallton (Chester) sits at the 24th percentile nationally for wildfire risk to structures — close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range — per USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model, built from its 243 counted buildings, not vegetation cover alone. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Marshallton (Chester) at the 23rd percentile, close to its 24th-percentile risk score.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
95.5% of Marshallton (Chester)'s 243 buildings sit in USFS's Direct exposure zone, roughly 232 structures close enough to burnable vegetation for flame contact, not just embers — 4.5% fall in the Indirect, ember-only zone and 0% are Minimal.
Marshallton (Chester) against the rest of the country
There's little gap between Marshallton (Chester)'s 24th national percentile and its 27th percentile inside Pennsylvania, which means the state comparison mostly confirms what the national score already shows. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Marshallton (Chester) ranks 24,093 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 23,375 by building count (1 is largest). Within Pennsylvania alone, it ranks 1,459 of 1,991 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Pennsylvania on its state page.
Marshallton (Chester) and the insurance market
At the 24th national percentile, Marshallton (Chester) rates moderate for wildfire risk — well short of the threshold where insurers have been withdrawing coverage, though comparing a quote costs nothing either way.
What would actually reduce this score
Marshallton (Chester)'s 95.5% Direct-exposure share means lot clearing around the structure typically outweighs any single material upgrade here. The home-hardening guide ranks the options for a place shaped like this.
More on how this number was built
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 243 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Marshallton (Chester). For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Marshallton (Chester), see the exposure-zones guide.