York Springs, PA
How exposed is York Springs to wildfire?
USFS scores York Springs at the 29th national percentile for wildfire risk to structures (close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range), a figure built from 217 real buildings rather than raw vegetation cover. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, York Springs's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 28th percentile nationally.
York Springs's building exposure, zone by zone
Most of York Springs's buildings (69.1%) sit in the Indirect zone, where wind-blown embers rather than flame front are the mechanism USFS is scoring — ember-resistant vents and non-combustible roofing are the interventions this pattern favors, more than defensible space alone.
York Springs against the rest of the country
York Springs scores 29th nationally and 36th within Pennsylvania — close enough that its state context doesn't change the picture the national number already gives. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, York Springs ranks 22,450 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 24,251 by building count (1 is largest). Within Pennsylvania alone, it ranks 1,285 of 1,991 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Pennsylvania on its state page.
York Springs and the insurance market
York Springs's moderate rating (29th percentile nationally) sits outside the range where wildfire risk alone reshapes an insurance market — still, a homeowner here loses nothing by comparing rates.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
York Springs's 69.1% 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.
Where York Springs's figures come from
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 217 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for York Springs. The exposure-zones guide covers what York Springs's dominant indirect exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.