Saylorsburg, PA
Saylorsburg, PA's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Out of every US place USFS scores, Saylorsburg lands at the 51st percentile for wildfire risk to structures — modestly above the national average for wildfire risk — a figure built from its 522 buildings, not the land around them. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Saylorsburg at the 51st 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
72.4% of Saylorsburg's 522 buildings sit in USFS's Direct exposure zone, roughly 378 structures close enough to burnable vegetation for flame contact, not just embers — 24.7% fall in the Indirect, ember-only zone and 2.9% are Minimal.
Where Saylorsburg ranks
Saylorsburg's 84th-percentile standing inside Pennsylvania outpaces its 51st 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, Saylorsburg ranks 15,427 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 16,999 by building count (1 is largest). Within Pennsylvania alone, it ranks 326 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 51st national percentile, Saylorsburg 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 Saylorsburg
Saylorsburg's 72.4% 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
Saylorsburg's 51st-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 Saylorsburg, see the exposure-zones guide.