Herndon, PA
Herndon wildfire risk explained
Out of every US place USFS scores, Herndon lands at the 31st percentile for wildfire risk to structures — close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range — a figure built from its 223 buildings, not the land around them. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Herndon at the 30th percentile, close to its 31st-percentile risk score.
Where Herndon's buildings actually sit
Of Herndon's 223 counted buildings, 55.2% carry Direct exposure and only 6.3% carry Minimal — a lopsided split that puts defensible-space clearing ahead of vents or roofing as the intervention worth doing first.
Where Herndon ranks
Herndon's risk sits at a similar level relative to Pennsylvania (40th percentile statewide) as it does nationally (31st) — this place isn't unusual for its own state either way. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Herndon ranks 21,849 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 24,031 by building count (1 is largest). Within Pennsylvania alone, it ranks 1,202 of 1,991 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Pennsylvania on its state page.
Herndon and the insurance market
At the 31st national percentile, Herndon rates moderate 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
Herndon's 55.2% Direct-exposure share means lot clearing around the structure typically outweighs any single material upgrade here. The home-hardening guide ranks the options for a place shaped like this.
Where Herndon's figures come from
Herndon's 31st-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 Herndon's dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.