Parkland, PA
How exposed is Parkland to wildfire?
USFS scores Parkland at the 27th national percentile for wildfire risk to structures (close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range), a figure built from 765 real buildings rather than raw vegetation cover. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Parkland at the 27th national percentile — 0 points above its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Where Parkland's buildings actually sit
USFS classifies 62.9% of Parkland's buildings as Minimal exposure, the largest of the three zones here by a wide margin over 37.1% Direct and 0% Indirect — a landscape-level risk rather than a building-by-building one.
Parkland against the rest of the country
Parkland scores 27th nationally and 33rd 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, Parkland ranks 22,988 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 13,967 by building count (1 is largest). Within Pennsylvania alone, it ranks 1,344 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
Parkland's moderate rating (27th 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 Parkland
Parkland's 62.9% Minimal-exposure share means structure-level hardening matters less here than it would elsewhere — still worth the low-cost basics, per the home-hardening guide.
Where Parkland's figures come from
Parkland's 27th-percentile score and its burn-probability figure both come from the same USFS workbook, documented in the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Parkland's dominant minimal exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.