Red Hill (Montgomery), PA
How exposed is Red Hill (Montgomery) to wildfire?
Out of every US place USFS scores, Red Hill (Montgomery) lands at the 15th percentile for wildfire risk to structures — among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally — a figure built from its 781 buildings, not the land around them. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Red Hill (Montgomery) at the 14th national percentile — 1 points below its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
781 buildings are counted in Red Hill (Montgomery), and 86% of them are Indirect exposure — ember-driven risk rather than the 14% in Direct exposure or the 0% rated Minimal.
Where Red Hill (Montgomery) ranks
Red Hill (Montgomery) scores 15th nationally and 14th 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, Red Hill (Montgomery) ranks 26,833 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 13,809 by building count (1 is largest). Within Pennsylvania alone, it ranks 1,705 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
Red Hill (Montgomery)'s low wildfire rating (15th 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.
What would actually reduce this score
Because 86% of Red Hill (Montgomery)'s buildings sit in the Indirect zone, sealing the ember pathway (vents, roofing, gutters) is the intervention this page's data actually supports — see the home-hardening guide.
Where Red Hill (Montgomery)'s figures come from
Red Hill (Montgomery)'s 15th-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 Red Hill (Montgomery)'s dominant indirect exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.