Yorkana, PA
How exposed is Yorkana to wildfire?
USFS scores Yorkana at the 11th national percentile for wildfire risk to structures (among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally), a figure built from 136 real buildings rather than raw vegetation cover. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Yorkana at the 10th national percentile — 2 points below its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Yorkana's building exposure, zone by zone
USFS classifies 58.8% of Yorkana's buildings as Direct exposure, higher than its 41.2% Indirect share and far above its 0% Minimal share — a profile where 80 structures sit close enough to vegetation that lot clearing matters most.
How Yorkana compares
Yorkana's risk sits at a similar level relative to Pennsylvania (10th percentile statewide) as it does nationally (11th) — this place isn't unusual for its own state either way. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Yorkana ranks 27,969 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 27,466 by building count (1 is largest). Within Pennsylvania alone, it ranks 1,801 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
Yorkana's low wildfire rating (11th 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.
Hardening a home in Yorkana
Yorkana's 58.8% 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.
Where Yorkana's figures come from
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 136 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Yorkana. The exposure-zones guide covers what Yorkana's dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.