Wyncote, PA
Wyncote, PA's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Out of every US place USFS scores, Wyncote lands at the 16th percentile for wildfire risk to structures — among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally — a figure built from its 885 buildings, not the land around them. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Wyncote at the 18th national percentile — 2 points above its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Wyncote's building exposure, zone by zone
Of Wyncote's 885 counted buildings, 60.6% carry Direct exposure and only 39.4% carry Minimal — a lopsided split that puts defensible-space clearing ahead of vents or roofing as the intervention worth doing first.
How Wyncote compares
Wyncote scores 16th nationally and 16th 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, Wyncote ranks 26,517 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 12,867 by building count (1 is largest). Within Pennsylvania alone, it ranks 1,677 of 1,991 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Pennsylvania on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Wyncote
Wyncote's low wildfire rating (16th 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.
What would actually reduce this score
With 60.6% of Wyncote in Direct exposure, defensible-space clearing and ember-resistant construction (vents, Class-A roofing) address the exposure this page's own numbers describe, not a generic checklist. See the home-hardening guide.
Where Wyncote's figures come from
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 885 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Wyncote. The exposure-zones guide covers what Wyncote's dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.