Lyons, PA
Lyons, PA's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model puts Lyons at the 11th national percentile for risk to structures, among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally — a score built from 270 actual buildings. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Lyons at the 10th percentile, close to its 11th-percentile risk score.
Lyons's building exposure, zone by zone
270 buildings are counted in Lyons, and 85.6% of them are Indirect exposure — ember-driven risk rather than the 5.6% in Direct exposure or the 8.9% rated Minimal.
Lyons against the rest of the country
There's little gap between Lyons's 11th national percentile and its 10th percentile inside Pennsylvania, which means the state comparison mostly confirms what the national score already shows. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Lyons ranks 27,968 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 22,516 by building count (1 is largest). Within Pennsylvania alone, it ranks 1,800 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 11th national percentile, Lyons rates low for wildfire risk — well short of the threshold where insurers have been withdrawing coverage, though comparing a quote costs nothing either way.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
Lyons's 85.6% Indirect-exposure share points at embers, not flame contact, as the main pathway — ember-resistant vents and non-combustible roofing rank ahead of defensible space here. Detail in the home-hardening guide.
Where Lyons's figures come from
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 270 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Lyons. The exposure-zones guide covers what Lyons's dominant indirect exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.