Tyrone, PA
Tyrone, PA's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Out of every US place USFS scores, Tyrone lands at the 50th percentile for wildfire risk to structures — modestly above the national average for wildfire risk — a figure built from its 2,130 buildings, not the land around them. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Tyrone's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 49th percentile nationally.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
USFS puts 90.8% of Tyrone's 2,130 buildings in the Indirect exposure zone, versus 9.3% Direct and 0% Minimal — a place where the fire doesn't need to reach the structure directly for embers to.
Where Tyrone ranks
Compare Tyrone's two percentiles: 82nd within Pennsylvania, only 50th nationally — a gap of 32 points that marks it as unusually exposed for its own state. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Tyrone ranks 15,709 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 7,116 by building count (1 is largest). Within Pennsylvania alone, it ranks 359 of 1,991 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Pennsylvania on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Tyrone
Tyrone's elevated rating (50th 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 Tyrone
Tyrone's 90.8% 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
Every one of the two percentiles behind Tyrone's 15,709-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. For more on what indirect exposure implies beyond Tyrone, see the exposure-zones guide.