Byrnedale, PA
How exposed is Byrnedale to wildfire?
Byrnedale's 283 buildings earn a 44th-percentile wildfire-risk score nationally under USFS's model — modestly above the national average for wildfire risk. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Byrnedale at the 44th national percentile — 0 points above its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Where Byrnedale's buildings actually sit
75.3% of Byrnedale's 283 buildings sit in USFS's Direct exposure zone, roughly 213 structures close enough to burnable vegetation for flame contact, not just embers — 24.7% fall in the Indirect, ember-only zone and 0% are Minimal.
Byrnedale against the rest of the country
Within Pennsylvania, Byrnedale ranks higher (70th percentile) than it does nationally (44th) — one of the more fire-exposed places in a state that, overall, scores lower than that. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Byrnedale ranks 17,815 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 22,101 by building count (1 is largest). Within Pennsylvania alone, it ranks 600 of 1,991 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Pennsylvania on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Byrnedale
Byrnedale's elevated wildfire rating (44th 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.
Hardening a home in Byrnedale
Because Direct exposure dominates in Byrnedale (75.3%), the highest-leverage fix is defensible space, not roofing or vents alone — covered in the home-hardening guide.
Where Byrnedale's figures come from
Every one of the two percentiles behind Byrnedale's 17,815-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Byrnedale's dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.