Mayfield, PA
Mayfield, PA's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model puts Mayfield at the 55th national percentile for risk to structures, modestly above the national average for wildfire risk — a score built from 945 actual buildings. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Mayfield at the 53rd national percentile — 1 points below its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Mayfield's building exposure, zone by zone
USFS puts 86.5% of Mayfield's 945 buildings in the Indirect exposure zone, versus 13.5% Direct and 0% Minimal — a place where the fire doesn't need to reach the structure directly for embers to.
Where Mayfield ranks
Mayfield's 90th-percentile standing inside Pennsylvania outpaces its 55th national percentile — this is a hotter spot than most of its own state, even though the state as a whole runs cooler nationally. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Mayfield ranks 14,320 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 12,345 by building count (1 is largest). Within Pennsylvania alone, it ranks 194 of 1,991 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Pennsylvania on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Mayfield
At the 55th national percentile, Mayfield rates elevated 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
Mayfield's 86.5% 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.
More on how this number was built
Mayfield's 55th-percentile score and its burn-probability figure both come from the same USFS workbook, documented in the methodology guide. For more on what indirect exposure implies beyond Mayfield, see the exposure-zones guide.