Friedens, PA
Friedens, PA's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Out of every US place USFS scores, Friedens lands at the 49th percentile for wildfire risk to structures — modestly above the national average for wildfire risk — a figure built from its 958 buildings, not the land around them. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Friedens's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 49th percentile nationally.
Friedens's building exposure, zone by zone
USFS classifies 68.2% of Friedens's buildings as Direct exposure, higher than its 31.8% Indirect share and far above its 0% Minimal share — a profile where 653 structures sit close enough to vegetation that lot clearing matters most.
How Friedens compares
Friedens's 81st-percentile standing inside Pennsylvania outpaces its 49th national percentile — this is a hotter spot than most of its own state, even though the state as a whole runs cooler nationally. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Friedens ranks 15,951 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 12,252 by building count (1 is largest). Within Pennsylvania alone, it ranks 386 of 1,991 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Pennsylvania on its state page.
Friedens and the insurance market
Friedens's elevated wildfire rating (49th 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 Friedens
With 68.2% of Friedens 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.
More on how this number was built
Every one of the two percentiles behind Friedens's 15,951-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Friedens, see the exposure-zones guide.