Plymouth Meeting, PA
Plymouth Meeting, PA's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Out of every US place USFS scores, Plymouth Meeting lands at the 17th percentile for wildfire risk to structures — among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally — a figure built from its 2,256 buildings, not the land around them. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Plymouth Meeting at the 18th national percentile — 1 points above its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
Most of Plymouth Meeting's buildings (70.6% of 2,256) fall outside USFS's Direct and Indirect zones entirely — that doesn't zero out the score above, it means the risk is regional, not structure-by-structure.
How Plymouth Meeting compares
Plymouth Meeting scores 17th nationally and 18th 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, Plymouth Meeting ranks 26,106 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 6,803 by building count (1 is largest). Within Pennsylvania alone, it ranks 1,635 of 1,991 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Pennsylvania on its state page.
Plymouth Meeting and the insurance market
Plymouth Meeting's low rating (17th 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 Plymouth Meeting
With 70.6% of buildings rated Minimal exposure, Plymouth Meeting gets less benefit from structure hardening than a Direct- or Indirect-dominant place would — the home-hardening guide explains why the zone matters.
Where Plymouth Meeting's figures come from
Every one of the two percentiles behind Plymouth Meeting's 26,106-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Plymouth Meeting's dominant minimal exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.