Stroudsburg, PA
How exposed is Stroudsburg to wildfire?
USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model puts Stroudsburg at the 35th national percentile for risk to structures, close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range — a score built from 1,920 actual buildings. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Stroudsburg at the 36th percentile, close to its 35th-percentile risk score.
Where Stroudsburg's buildings actually sit
Indirect exposure is dominant in Stroudsburg (83.2% of 1,920 buildings): far enough from burnable vegetation to avoid flame contact, close enough for wind-blown embers. Only 16.8% sit in the Direct zone.
Stroudsburg against the rest of the country
Within Pennsylvania, Stroudsburg ranks higher (51st percentile) than it does nationally (35th) — one of the more fire-exposed places in a state that, overall, scores lower than that. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Stroudsburg ranks 20,371 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 7,707 by building count (1 is largest). Within Pennsylvania alone, it ranks 979 of 1,991 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Pennsylvania on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Stroudsburg
Stroudsburg's moderate wildfire rating (35th 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.
Hardening a home in Stroudsburg
Because 83.2% of Stroudsburg'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.
Where Stroudsburg's figures come from
Stroudsburg's 35th-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 Stroudsburg's dominant indirect exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.