Strodes Mills, PA
Strodes Mills wildfire risk explained
USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model puts Strodes Mills at the 46th national percentile for risk to structures, modestly above the national average for wildfire risk — a score built from 517 actual buildings. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Strodes Mills at the 46th national percentile — 0 points below its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Where Strodes Mills's buildings actually sit
517 buildings are counted in Strodes Mills, and 55.3% of them sit in USFS's Direct exposure zone — flame contact, not just ember cast, is the live possibility for most of them, against 0% rated Minimal.
How Strodes Mills compares
Compare Strodes Mills's two percentiles: 74th within Pennsylvania, only 46th nationally — a gap of 28 points that marks it as unusually exposed for its own state. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Strodes Mills ranks 16,971 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 17,079 by building count (1 is largest). Within Pennsylvania alone, it ranks 514 of 1,991 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Pennsylvania on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Strodes Mills
Strodes Mills's elevated wildfire rating (46th 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
Because Direct exposure dominates in Strodes Mills (55.3%), the highest-leverage fix is defensible space, not roofing or vents alone — covered in the home-hardening guide.
Where Strodes Mills's figures come from
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 517 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Strodes Mills. The exposure-zones guide covers what Strodes Mills's dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.