Hyde Park (Berks), PA
Hyde Park (Berks), PA's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model puts Hyde Park (Berks) at the 15th national percentile for risk to structures, among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally — a score built from 820 actual buildings. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Hyde Park (Berks) at the 14th national percentile — 0 points below its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
Most of Hyde Park (Berks)'s buildings (97.4% of 820) fall outside USFS's Direct and Indirect zones entirely — that doesn't zero out the score above, it means the risk is regional, not structure-by-structure.
Where Hyde Park (Berks) ranks
Hyde Park (Berks)'s risk sits at a similar level relative to Pennsylvania (14th percentile statewide) as it does nationally (15th) — this place isn't unusual for its own state either way. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Hyde Park (Berks) ranks 26,865 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 13,451 by building count (1 is largest). Within Pennsylvania alone, it ranks 1,707 of 1,991 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Pennsylvania on its state page.
What this risk score means for insurance
At the 15th national percentile, Hyde Park (Berks) rates low for wildfire risk — well short of the threshold where insurers have been withdrawing coverage, though comparing a quote costs nothing either way.
Hardening a home in Hyde Park (Berks)
With 97.4% of buildings rated Minimal exposure, Hyde Park (Berks) gets less benefit from structure hardening than a Direct- or Indirect-dominant place would — the home-hardening guide explains why the zone matters.
Where Hyde Park (Berks)'s figures come from
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 820 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Hyde Park (Berks). The exposure-zones guide covers what Hyde Park (Berks)'s dominant minimal exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.