Beavertown (Snyder), PA
Beavertown (Snyder) wildfire risk explained
Beavertown (Snyder) sits at the 38th percentile nationally for wildfire risk to structures — close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range — per USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model, built from its 556 counted buildings, not vegetation cover alone. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Beavertown (Snyder) at the 36th percentile, close to its 38th-percentile risk score.
Where Beavertown (Snyder)'s buildings actually sit
Indirect exposure is dominant in Beavertown (Snyder) (73.6% of 556 buildings): far enough from burnable vegetation to avoid flame contact, close enough for wind-blown embers. Only 26.4% sit in the Direct zone.
How Beavertown (Snyder) compares
Compare Beavertown (Snyder)'s two percentiles: 58th within Pennsylvania, only 38th nationally — a gap of 20 points that marks it as unusually exposed for its own state. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Beavertown (Snyder) ranks 19,423 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 16,482 by building count (1 is largest). Within Pennsylvania alone, it ranks 822 of 1,991 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Pennsylvania on its state page.
Beavertown (Snyder) and the insurance market
At the 38th national percentile, Beavertown (Snyder) 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
With ember exposure the dominant pattern in Beavertown (Snyder) (73.6% Indirect), vent screens and roofing material tend to matter more than lot clearing alone. The home-hardening guide covers both.
More on how this number was built
Beavertown (Snyder)'s 38th-percentile score and its burn-probability figure both come from the same USFS workbook, documented in the methodology guide. For more on what indirect exposure implies beyond Beavertown (Snyder), see the exposure-zones guide.