Penn Wynne, PA
Penn Wynne wildfire risk explained
Penn Wynne sits at the 17th percentile nationally for wildfire risk to structures — among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally — per USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model, built from its 1,738 counted buildings, not vegetation cover alone. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Penn Wynne's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 19th percentile nationally.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
79.2% of Penn Wynne's 1,738 buildings sit in USFS's Minimal exposure zone, with only 20.8% rated Direct — risk here comes from regional burn probability more than proximity to burnable vegetation at the structure itself.
How Penn Wynne compares
Penn Wynne scores 17th nationally and 17th 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, Penn Wynne ranks 26,232 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 8,274 by building count (1 is largest). Within Pennsylvania alone, it ranks 1,648 of 1,991 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Pennsylvania on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Penn Wynne
At the 17th national percentile, Penn Wynne rates low for wildfire risk — well short of the threshold where insurers have been withdrawing coverage, though comparing a quote costs nothing either way.
Hardening a home in Penn Wynne
Penn Wynne's 79.2% 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.
More on how this number was built
Penn Wynne's 17th-percentile score and its burn-probability figure both come from the same USFS workbook, documented in the methodology guide. For more on what minimal exposure implies beyond Penn Wynne, see the exposure-zones guide.