Berrysburg, PA
How exposed is Berrysburg to wildfire?
Out of every US place USFS scores, Berrysburg lands at the 23rd percentile for wildfire risk to structures — close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range — a figure built from its 266 buildings, not the land around them. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Berrysburg's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 22nd percentile nationally.
Berrysburg's building exposure, zone by zone
67.3% of Berrysburg's 266 buildings fall in USFS's Indirect exposure zone — ember cast rather than direct flame — against 11.7% Direct and 21.1% Minimal. Vent screens and roofing material matter more here than lot clearing alone.
Berrysburg against the rest of the country
There's little gap between Berrysburg's 23rd national percentile and its 26th percentile inside Pennsylvania, which means the state comparison mostly confirms what the national score already shows. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Berrysburg ranks 24,210 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 22,648 by building count (1 is largest). Within Pennsylvania alone, it ranks 1,470 of 1,991 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Pennsylvania on its state page.
Berrysburg and the insurance market
At the 23rd national percentile, Berrysburg rates moderate for wildfire risk — well short of the threshold where insurers have been withdrawing coverage, though comparing a quote costs nothing either way.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
Because 67.3% of Berrysburg'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.
More on how this number was built
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 266 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Berrysburg. For more on what indirect exposure implies beyond Berrysburg, see the exposure-zones guide.