Baden, PA
Baden, PA's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Baden's 1,883 buildings earn a 34th-percentile wildfire-risk score nationally under USFS's model — close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Baden at the 34th national percentile — 0 points above its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
89.5% of Baden's 1,883 buildings fall in USFS's Indirect exposure zone — ember cast rather than direct flame — against 10.5% Direct and 0% Minimal. Vent screens and roofing material matter more here than lot clearing alone.
How Baden compares
There's little gap between Baden's 34th national percentile and its 47th percentile inside Pennsylvania, which means the state comparison mostly confirms what the national score already shows. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Baden ranks 20,808 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 7,814 by building count (1 is largest). Within Pennsylvania alone, it ranks 1,048 of 1,991 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Pennsylvania on its state page.
Baden and the insurance market
At the 34th national percentile, Baden rates moderate for wildfire risk — well short of the threshold where insurers have been withdrawing coverage, though comparing a quote costs nothing either way.
What would actually reduce this score
Because 89.5% of Baden'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 Baden's figures come from
Every one of the two percentiles behind Baden's 20,808-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Baden's dominant indirect exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.