Unionville (Chester), PA
How exposed is Unionville (Chester) to wildfire?
USFS scores Unionville (Chester) at the 21st national percentile for wildfire risk to structures (close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range), a figure built from 316 real buildings rather than raw vegetation cover. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Unionville (Chester) at the 20th national percentile — 1 points below its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Unionville (Chester)'s building exposure, zone by zone
93.4% of Unionville (Chester)'s 316 buildings sit in USFS's Direct exposure zone, roughly 295 structures close enough to burnable vegetation for flame contact, not just embers — 6.7% fall in the Indirect, ember-only zone and 0% are Minimal.
Unionville (Chester) against the rest of the country
Unionville (Chester) scores 21st nationally and 22nd 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, Unionville (Chester) ranks 25,034 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 21,218 by building count (1 is largest). Within Pennsylvania alone, it ranks 1,547 of 1,991 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Pennsylvania on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Unionville (Chester)
At the 21st national percentile, Unionville (Chester) rates moderate for wildfire risk — well short of the threshold where insurers have been withdrawing coverage, though comparing a quote costs nothing either way.
Hardening a home in Unionville (Chester)
Unionville (Chester)'s 93.4% Direct-exposure share means lot clearing around the structure typically outweighs any single material upgrade here. The home-hardening guide ranks the options for a place shaped like this.
Where Unionville (Chester)'s figures come from
Every one of the two percentiles behind Unionville (Chester)'s 25,034-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Unionville (Chester)'s dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.