Renfrew, PA
How exposed is Renfrew to wildfire?
Renfrew sits at the 33rd percentile nationally for wildfire risk to structures — close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range — per USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model, built from its 99 counted buildings, not vegetation cover alone. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Renfrew at the 33rd national percentile — 1 points above its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Renfrew's building exposure, zone by zone
USFS classifies 61.6% of Renfrew's buildings as Direct exposure, higher than its 38.4% Indirect share and far above its 0% Minimal share — a profile where 61 structures sit close enough to vegetation that lot clearing matters most.
Where Renfrew ranks
Renfrew's risk sits at a similar level relative to Pennsylvania (44th percentile statewide) as it does nationally (33rd) — this place isn't unusual for its own state either way. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Renfrew ranks 21,192 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 29,102 by building count (1 is largest). Within Pennsylvania alone, it ranks 1,112 of 1,991 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Pennsylvania on its state page.
Renfrew and the insurance market
Renfrew's moderate wildfire rating (33rd 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
With 61.6% of Renfrew 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.
More on how this number was built
Renfrew's 33rd-percentile score and its burn-probability figure both come from the same USFS workbook, documented in the methodology guide. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Renfrew, see the exposure-zones guide.