Tyler Run, PA
How exposed is Tyler Run to wildfire?
Tyler Run sits at the 6th percentile nationally for wildfire risk to structures — among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally — per USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model, built from its 662 counted buildings, not vegetation cover alone. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Tyler Run's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 6th percentile nationally.
Tyler Run's building exposure, zone by zone
Direct exposure dominates in Tyler Run: 51.2% of its 662 buildings, versus 0% Indirect and 48.8% Minimal. Clearing space around a structure changes the outcome here more than any single building-material swap.
Tyler Run against the rest of the country
There's little gap between Tyler Run's 6th national percentile and its 3rd percentile inside Pennsylvania, which means the state comparison mostly confirms what the national score already shows. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Tyler Run ranks 29,579 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 15,044 by building count (1 is largest). Within Pennsylvania alone, it ranks 1,927 of 1,991 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Pennsylvania on its state page.
Tyler Run and the insurance market
Tyler Run's low rating (6th percentile nationally) sits outside the range where wildfire risk alone reshapes an insurance market — still, a homeowner here loses nothing by comparing rates.
Hardening a home in Tyler Run
Because Direct exposure dominates in Tyler Run (51.2%), the highest-leverage fix is defensible space, not roofing or vents alone — covered in the home-hardening guide.
More on how this number was built
Tyler Run's 6th-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 Tyler Run, see the exposure-zones guide.