Maryd, PA
How exposed is Maryd to wildfire?
Maryd sits at the 68th percentile nationally for wildfire risk to structures — well above the national norm for wildfire risk — per USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model, built from its 123 counted buildings, not vegetation cover alone. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Maryd at the 66th national percentile — 2 points below its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Maryd's building exposure, zone by zone
Of Maryd's 123 counted buildings, 52.9% carry Direct exposure and only 0% carry Minimal — a lopsided split that puts defensible-space clearing ahead of vents or roofing as the intervention worth doing first.
Maryd against the rest of the country
Compare Maryd's two percentiles: 100th within Pennsylvania, only 68th nationally — a gap of 32 points that marks it as unusually exposed for its own state. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Maryd ranks 10,156 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 28,032 by building count (1 is largest). Within Pennsylvania alone, it ranks 10 of 1,991 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Pennsylvania on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Maryd
At the 68th percentile nationally, Maryd carries the high rating that has pushed some carriers to limit new business in similarly-scored places elsewhere in the country. Worth comparing quotes rather than assuming last year's renewal terms still apply.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
Maryd's 52.9% 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.
More on how this number was built
Maryd's 68th-percentile score and its burn-probability figure both come from the same USFS workbook, documented in the methodology guide. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Maryd, see the exposure-zones guide.