Beurys Lake, PA
Beurys Lake wildfire risk explained
USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model puts Beurys Lake at the 59th national percentile for risk to structures, modestly above the national average for wildfire risk — a score built from 104 actual buildings. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Beurys Lake at the 56th percentile, close to its 59th-percentile risk score.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
Of Beurys Lake's 104 counted buildings, 93.3% 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.
Beurys Lake against the rest of the country
Within Pennsylvania, Beurys Lake ranks higher (95th percentile) than it does nationally (59th) — one of the more fire-exposed places in a state that, overall, scores lower than that. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Beurys Lake ranks 13,091 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 28,863 by building count (1 is largest). Within Pennsylvania alone, it ranks 104 of 1,991 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Pennsylvania on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Beurys Lake
At the 59th national percentile, Beurys Lake rates elevated 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 93.3% of Beurys Lake in Direct exposure, defensible-space clearing and ember-resistant construction (vents, Class-A roofing) address the exposure this page's own numbers describe, not a generic checklist. See the home-hardening guide.
Where Beurys Lake's figures come from
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 104 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Beurys Lake. The exposure-zones guide covers what Beurys Lake's dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.