Tyrone Forge, PA
How exposed is Tyrone Forge to wildfire?
USFS scores Tyrone Forge at the 46th national percentile for wildfire risk to structures (modestly above the national average for wildfire risk), a figure built from 36 real buildings rather than raw vegetation cover. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Tyrone Forge at the 44th national percentile — 1 points below its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Tyrone Forge's building exposure, zone by zone
USFS classifies 66.7% of Tyrone Forge's buildings as Direct exposure, higher than its 33.3% Indirect share and far above its 0% Minimal share — a profile where 24 structures sit close enough to vegetation that lot clearing matters most.
How Tyrone Forge compares
Compare Tyrone Forge's two percentiles: 73rd within Pennsylvania, only 46th nationally — a gap of 28 points that marks it as unusually exposed for its own state. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Tyrone Forge ranks 17,160 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 31,260 by building count (1 is largest). Within Pennsylvania alone, it ranks 535 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
Tyrone Forge's elevated wildfire rating (46th percentile) isn't the kind of score driving the carrier pullback making news in the highest-risk Western markets — but a standard homeowners quote is still worth comparing on its own terms.
What would actually reduce this score
With 66.7% of Tyrone Forge in Direct exposure, defensible-space clearing and ember-resistant construction (vents, Class-A roofing) address the exposure this page's own numbers describe, not a generic checklist. See the home-hardening guide.
More on how this number was built
Tyrone Forge's 46th-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 Tyrone Forge, see the exposure-zones guide.