Schwenksville, PA
Schwenksville wildfire risk explained
Schwenksville sits at the 14th percentile nationally for wildfire risk to structures — among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally — per USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model, built from its 354 counted buildings, not vegetation cover alone. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Schwenksville at the 13th national percentile — 1 points below its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Schwenksville's building exposure, zone by zone
USFS puts 51.7% of Schwenksville's 354 buildings in the Indirect exposure zone, versus 48.3% Direct and 0% Minimal — a place where the fire doesn't need to reach the structure directly for embers to.
How Schwenksville compares
Schwenksville scores 14th 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, Schwenksville ranks 27,021 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 20,223 by building count (1 is largest). Within Pennsylvania alone, it ranks 1,720 of 1,991 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Pennsylvania on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Schwenksville
Schwenksville's low wildfire rating (14th 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 ember exposure the dominant pattern in Schwenksville (51.7% Indirect), vent screens and roofing material tend to matter more than lot clearing alone. The home-hardening guide covers both.
Where Schwenksville's figures come from
Every one of the two percentiles behind Schwenksville's 27,021-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Schwenksville's dominant indirect exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.