Soudersburg, PA
Soudersburg, PA's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Soudersburg's 397 buildings earn a 2nd-percentile wildfire-risk score nationally under USFS's model — among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Soudersburg's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 3rd percentile nationally.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
75.8% of Soudersburg's 397 buildings sit in USFS's Minimal exposure zone, with only 24.2% rated Direct — risk here comes from regional burn probability more than proximity to burnable vegetation at the structure itself.
Soudersburg against the rest of the country
Soudersburg scores 2nd nationally and 0th 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, Soudersburg ranks 30,779 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 19,282 by building count (1 is largest). Within Pennsylvania alone, it ranks 1,983 of 1,991 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Pennsylvania on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Soudersburg
Soudersburg's low wildfire rating (2nd 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
Even with 75.8% of Soudersburg outside USFS's Direct and Indirect zones, basic hardening — gutter maintenance, ember-resistant vents — is inexpensive relative to the regional burn-probability risk noted above. Details in the home-hardening guide.
More on how this number was built
Every one of the two percentiles behind Soudersburg's 30,779-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. For more on what minimal exposure implies beyond Soudersburg, see the exposure-zones guide.