Ridley Park, PA
How exposed is Ridley Park to wildfire?
Ridley Park's 2,205 buildings earn a 29th-percentile wildfire-risk score nationally under USFS's model — close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Ridley Park's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 28th percentile nationally.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
Only 3.3% of Ridley Park's 2,205 buildings carry Direct exposure and 0% carry Indirect; the remaining 96.7% are Minimal, which shifts the risk driving this page's score toward the surrounding landscape rather than any one structure.
How Ridley Park compares
Ridley Park's risk sits at a similar level relative to Pennsylvania (35th percentile statewide) as it does nationally (29th) — this place isn't unusual for its own state either way. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Ridley Park ranks 22,514 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 6,925 by building count (1 is largest). Within Pennsylvania alone, it ranks 1,293 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
Ridley Park's moderate wildfire rating (29th 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.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
With 96.7% of buildings rated Minimal exposure, Ridley Park gets less benefit from structure hardening than a Direct- or Indirect-dominant place would — the home-hardening guide explains why the zone matters.
Where Ridley Park's figures come from
Ridley Park's 29th-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 Ridley Park's dominant minimal exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.