Penndel, PA
Penndel wildfire risk explained
USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model puts Penndel at the 26th national percentile for risk to structures, close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range — a score built from 737 actual buildings. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Penndel at the 28th national percentile — 1 points above its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Where Penndel's buildings actually sit
USFS classifies 86.8% of Penndel's buildings as Minimal exposure, the largest of the three zones here by a wide margin over 13.2% Direct and 0% Indirect — a landscape-level risk rather than a building-by-building one.
Where Penndel ranks
Penndel scores 26th nationally and 31st 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, Penndel ranks 23,213 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 14,253 by building count (1 is largest). Within Pennsylvania alone, it ranks 1,367 of 1,991 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Pennsylvania on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Penndel
At the 26th national percentile, Penndel rates moderate 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 Penndel
Penndel's 86.8% 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 Penndel's figures come from
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 737 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Penndel. The exposure-zones guide covers what Penndel's dominant minimal exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.