Hyner, PA
How exposed is Hyner to wildfire?
Hyner's 128 buildings earn a 58th-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.)
Separately from the risk score above, Hyner's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 56th percentile nationally.
Where Hyner's buildings actually sit
Direct exposure dominates in Hyner: 100% of its 128 buildings, versus 0% Indirect and 0% Minimal. Clearing space around a structure changes the outcome here more than any single building-material swap.
How Hyner compares
Within Pennsylvania, Hyner ranks higher (95th percentile) than it does nationally (58th) — one of the more fire-exposed places in a state that, overall, scores lower than that. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Hyner ranks 13,249 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 27,819 by building count (1 is largest). Within Pennsylvania alone, it ranks 109 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 58th national percentile, Hyner rates elevated 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 Hyner
Because Direct exposure dominates in Hyner (100%), the highest-leverage fix is defensible space, not roofing or vents alone — covered in the home-hardening guide.
More on how this number was built
Every one of the two percentiles behind Hyner's 13,249-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Hyner, see the exposure-zones guide.