Orwin, PA
How exposed is Orwin to wildfire?
USFS scores Orwin at the 60th national percentile for wildfire risk to structures (modestly above the national average for wildfire risk), a figure built from 215 real buildings rather than raw vegetation cover. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Orwin at the 57th national percentile — 3 points below its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
USFS puts 68.4% of Orwin's 215 buildings in the Indirect exposure zone, versus 31.6% Direct and 0% Minimal — a place where the fire doesn't need to reach the structure directly for embers to.
Where Orwin ranks
Within Pennsylvania, Orwin ranks higher (96th percentile) than it does nationally (60th) — one of the more fire-exposed places in a state that, overall, scores lower than that. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Orwin ranks 12,649 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 24,319 by building count (1 is largest). Within Pennsylvania alone, it ranks 78 of 1,991 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Pennsylvania on its state page.
Orwin and the insurance market
Orwin's elevated rating (60th 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
Orwin's 68.4% Indirect-exposure share points at embers, not flame contact, as the main pathway — ember-resistant vents and non-combustible roofing rank ahead of defensible space here. Detail in the home-hardening guide.
More on how this number was built
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 215 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Orwin. For more on what indirect exposure implies beyond Orwin, see the exposure-zones guide.