Yatesville, PA
How exposed is Yatesville to wildfire?
Yatesville sits at the 38th percentile nationally for wildfire risk to structures — close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range — per USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model, built from its 332 counted buildings, not vegetation cover alone. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Yatesville's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 36th percentile nationally.
Yatesville's building exposure, zone by zone
79.5% of Yatesville's 332 buildings sit in USFS's Minimal exposure zone, with only 20.2% rated Direct — risk here comes from regional burn probability more than proximity to burnable vegetation at the structure itself.
Yatesville against the rest of the country
Yatesville's 56th-percentile standing inside Pennsylvania outpaces its 38th 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, Yatesville ranks 19,647 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 20,775 by building count (1 is largest). Within Pennsylvania alone, it ranks 874 of 1,991 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Pennsylvania on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Yatesville
At the 38th national percentile, Yatesville rates moderate for wildfire risk — well short of the threshold where insurers have been withdrawing coverage, though comparing a quote costs nothing either way.
Hardening a home in Yatesville
Even with 79.5% of Yatesville outside USFS's Direct and Indirect zones, basic hardening — gutter maintenance, ember-resistant vents — is inexpensive relative to the regional burn-probability risk noted above. Details in the home-hardening guide.
More on how this number was built
Yatesville's 38th-percentile score and its burn-probability figure both come from the same USFS workbook, documented in the methodology guide. For more on what minimal exposure implies beyond Yatesville, see the exposure-zones guide.