Pringle, PA
Pringle wildfire risk explained
Out of every US place USFS scores, Pringle lands at the 45th percentile for wildfire risk to structures — modestly above the national average for wildfire risk — a figure built from its 532 buildings, not the land around them. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Pringle at the 44th percentile, close to its 45th-percentile risk score.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
Indirect exposure is dominant in Pringle (95.5% of 532 buildings): far enough from burnable vegetation to avoid flame contact, close enough for wind-blown embers. Only 4.5% sit in the Direct zone.
How Pringle compares
Pringle's 73rd-percentile standing inside Pennsylvania outpaces its 45th national percentile — this is a hotter spot than most of its own state, even though the state as a whole runs cooler nationally. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Pringle ranks 17,346 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 16,838 by building count (1 is largest). Within Pennsylvania alone, it ranks 550 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
Pringle's elevated wildfire rating (45th percentile) isn't the kind of score driving the carrier pullback making news in the highest-risk Western markets — but a standard homeowners quote is still worth comparing on its own terms.
Hardening a home in Pringle
With ember exposure the dominant pattern in Pringle (95.5% Indirect), vent screens and roofing material tend to matter more than lot clearing alone. The home-hardening guide covers both.
More on how this number was built
Every one of the two percentiles behind Pringle's 17,346-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. For more on what indirect exposure implies beyond Pringle, see the exposure-zones guide.