Bernville, PA
How exposed is Bernville to wildfire?
Bernville's 361 buildings earn a 28th-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.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Bernville at the 29th percentile, close to its 28th-percentile risk score.
Bernville's building exposure, zone by zone
Indirect exposure is dominant in Bernville (75.1% of 361 buildings): far enough from burnable vegetation to avoid flame contact, close enough for wind-blown embers. Only 24.9% sit in the Direct zone.
Bernville against the rest of the country
Bernville's risk sits at a similar level relative to Pennsylvania (35th percentile statewide) as it does nationally (28th) — this place isn't unusual for its own state either way. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Bernville ranks 22,576 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 20,047 by building count (1 is largest). Within Pennsylvania alone, it ranks 1,298 of 1,991 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Pennsylvania on its state page.
Bernville and the insurance market
Bernville's moderate rating (28th percentile nationally) sits outside the range where wildfire risk alone reshapes an insurance market — still, a homeowner here loses nothing by comparing rates.
What would actually reduce this score
Because 75.1% of Bernville'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 Bernville's figures come from
Bernville's 28th-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 Bernville's dominant indirect exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.