Bakerstown, PA
Bakerstown wildfire risk explained
USFS scores Bakerstown at the 34th national percentile for wildfire risk to structures (close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range), a figure built from 1,002 real buildings rather than raw vegetation cover. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Bakerstown's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 35th percentile nationally.
Where Bakerstown's buildings actually sit
Of Bakerstown's 1,002 counted buildings, 72.1% carry Direct exposure and only 0% carry Minimal — a lopsided split that puts defensible-space clearing ahead of vents or roofing as the intervention worth doing first.
Where Bakerstown ranks
Bakerstown scores 34th nationally and 48th 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, Bakerstown ranks 20,716 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 11,920 by building count (1 is largest). Within Pennsylvania alone, it ranks 1,034 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
Bakerstown's moderate wildfire rating (34th 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
Bakerstown's 72.1% 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 Bakerstown's figures come from
Bakerstown's 34th-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 Bakerstown's dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.