Penryn, PA
Penryn wildfire risk explained
Penryn's 553 buildings earn a 10th-percentile wildfire-risk score nationally under USFS's model — among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Penryn's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 9th percentile nationally.
Where Penryn's buildings actually sit
USFS classifies 69.6% of Penryn's buildings as Direct exposure, higher than its 17.7% Indirect share and far above its 12.7% Minimal share — a profile where 385 structures sit close enough to vegetation that lot clearing matters most.
Penryn against the rest of the country
There's little gap between Penryn's 10th national percentile and its 8th percentile inside Pennsylvania, which means the state comparison mostly confirms what the national score already shows. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Penryn ranks 28,537 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 16,532 by building count (1 is largest). Within Pennsylvania alone, it ranks 1,842 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
At the 10th national percentile, Penryn rates low for wildfire risk — well short of the threshold where insurers have been withdrawing coverage, though comparing a quote costs nothing either way.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
With 69.6% of Penryn in Direct exposure, defensible-space clearing and ember-resistant construction (vents, Class-A roofing) address the exposure this page's own numbers describe, not a generic checklist. See the home-hardening guide.
Where Penryn's figures come from
Penryn's 10th-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 Penryn's dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.