Springdale, PA
How exposed is Springdale to wildfire?
Out of every US place USFS scores, Springdale lands at the 28th percentile for wildfire risk to structures — close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range — a figure built from its 1,864 buildings, not the land around them. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Springdale at the 29th percentile, close to its 28th-percentile risk score.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
Indirect exposure is dominant in Springdale (98.9% of 1,864 buildings): far enough from burnable vegetation to avoid flame contact, close enough for wind-blown embers. Only 1.1% sit in the Direct zone.
Where Springdale ranks
Springdale scores 28th nationally and 35th 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, Springdale ranks 22,548 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 7,868 by building count (1 is largest). Within Pennsylvania alone, it ranks 1,297 of 1,991 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Pennsylvania on its state page.
Springdale and the insurance market
At the 28th national percentile, Springdale rates moderate for wildfire risk — well short of the threshold where insurers have been withdrawing coverage, though comparing a quote costs nothing either way.
What would actually reduce this score
Because 98.9% of Springdale'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.
More on how this number was built
Springdale's 28th-percentile score and its burn-probability figure both come from the same USFS workbook, documented in the methodology guide. For more on what indirect exposure implies beyond Springdale, see the exposure-zones guide.