Wakefield, PA
Wakefield wildfire risk explained
USFS scores Wakefield at the 6th national percentile for wildfire risk to structures (among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally), a figure built from 382 real buildings rather than raw vegetation cover. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Wakefield at the 6th percentile, close to its 6th-percentile risk score.
Wakefield's building exposure, zone by zone
72.8% of Wakefield's 382 buildings sit in USFS's Direct exposure zone, roughly 278 structures close enough to burnable vegetation for flame contact, not just embers — 27.2% fall in the Indirect, ember-only zone and 0% are Minimal.
Where Wakefield ranks
Wakefield's risk sits at a similar level relative to Pennsylvania (3rd percentile statewide) as it does nationally (6th) — this place isn't unusual for its own state either way. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Wakefield ranks 29,706 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 19,608 by building count (1 is largest). Within Pennsylvania alone, it ranks 1,933 of 1,991 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Pennsylvania on its state page.
Wakefield and the insurance market
Wakefield'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 Wakefield
Wakefield's 72.8% 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
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 382 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Wakefield. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Wakefield, see the exposure-zones guide.