Sykesville, PA
How exposed is Sykesville to wildfire?
Out of every US place USFS scores, Sykesville lands at the 39th percentile for wildfire risk to structures — close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range — a figure built from its 632 buildings, not the land around them. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Sykesville at the 41st percentile, close to its 39th-percentile risk score.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
62.2% of Sykesville's 632 buildings fall in USFS's Indirect exposure zone — ember cast rather than direct flame — against 37.8% Direct and 0% Minimal. Vent screens and roofing material matter more here than lot clearing alone.
How Sykesville compares
Sykesville's 61st-percentile standing inside Pennsylvania outpaces its 39th 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, Sykesville ranks 19,208 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 15,443 by building count (1 is largest). Within Pennsylvania alone, it ranks 788 of 1,991 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Pennsylvania on its state page.
Sykesville and the insurance market
At the 39th national percentile, Sykesville rates moderate 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
With ember exposure the dominant pattern in Sykesville (62.2% Indirect), vent screens and roofing material tend to matter more than lot clearing alone. The home-hardening guide covers both.
More on how this number was built
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 632 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Sykesville. For more on what indirect exposure implies beyond Sykesville, see the exposure-zones guide.