Yorklyn, PA
Yorklyn, PA's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Out of every US place USFS scores, Yorklyn lands at the 14th percentile for wildfire risk to structures — among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally — a figure built from its 645 buildings, not the land around them. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Yorklyn's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 12th percentile nationally.
Yorklyn's building exposure, zone by zone
USFS puts 73.8% of Yorklyn's 645 buildings in the Indirect exposure zone, versus 26.2% Direct and 0% Minimal — a place where the fire doesn't need to reach the structure directly for embers to.
Yorklyn against the rest of the country
There's little gap between Yorklyn's 14th national percentile and its 13th percentile inside Pennsylvania, which means the state comparison mostly confirms what the national score already shows. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Yorklyn ranks 27,214 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 15,270 by building count (1 is largest). Within Pennsylvania alone, it ranks 1,739 of 1,991 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Pennsylvania on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Yorklyn
At the 14th national percentile, Yorklyn rates low for wildfire risk — well short of the threshold where insurers have been withdrawing coverage, though comparing a quote costs nothing either way.
What would actually reduce this score
With ember exposure the dominant pattern in Yorklyn (73.8% Indirect), vent screens and roofing material tend to matter more than lot clearing alone. The home-hardening guide covers both.
Where Yorklyn's figures come from
Every one of the two percentiles behind Yorklyn's 27,214-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Yorklyn's dominant indirect exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.