Murrysville, PA
Murrysville wildfire risk explained
Murrysville's 9,139 buildings earn a 33rd-percentile wildfire-risk score nationally under USFS's model — close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Murrysville's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 34th percentile nationally.
Murrysville's building exposure, zone by zone
9,139 buildings are counted in Murrysville, and 64% of them sit in USFS's Direct exposure zone — flame contact, not just ember cast, is the live possibility for most of them, against 0% rated Minimal. At 9,139 buildings, this is a substantial built environment, so the shares below describe a real population of structures, not a handful of edge cases.
Where Murrysville ranks
Murrysville scores 33rd nationally and 46th within Pennsylvania — close enough that its state context doesn't change the picture the national number already gives. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Murrysville ranks 21,064 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 1,808 by building count (1 is largest). Within Pennsylvania alone, it ranks 1,086 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
Murrysville's moderate rating (33rd percentile nationally) sits outside the range where wildfire risk alone reshapes an insurance market — still, a homeowner here loses nothing by comparing rates.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
Because Direct exposure dominates in Murrysville (64%), the highest-leverage fix is defensible space, not roofing or vents alone — covered in the home-hardening guide.
More on how this number was built
Murrysville's 33rd-percentile score and its burn-probability figure both come from the same USFS workbook, documented in the methodology guide. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Murrysville, see the exposure-zones guide.