Trafford, PA
How exposed is Trafford to wildfire?
USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model puts Trafford at the 29th national percentile for risk to structures, close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range — a score built from 1,375 actual buildings. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Trafford at the 30th national percentile — 0 points above its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Where Trafford's buildings actually sit
USFS puts 83.1% of Trafford's 1,375 buildings in the Indirect exposure zone, versus 16.9% Direct and 0% Minimal — a place where the fire doesn't need to reach the structure directly for embers to.
Where Trafford ranks
There's little gap between Trafford's 29th national percentile and its 37th percentile inside Pennsylvania, which means the state comparison mostly confirms what the national score already shows. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Trafford ranks 22,263 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 9,731 by building count (1 is largest). Within Pennsylvania alone, it ranks 1,256 of 1,991 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Pennsylvania on its state page.
What this risk score means for insurance
Trafford's moderate rating (29th percentile nationally) sits outside the range where wildfire risk alone reshapes an insurance market — still, a homeowner here loses nothing by comparing rates.
Hardening a home in Trafford
Because 83.1% of Trafford'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 Trafford's figures come from
Trafford's 29th-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 Trafford's dominant indirect exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.