Youngsville, PA
Youngsville wildfire risk explained
USFS scores Youngsville at the 22nd national percentile for wildfire risk to structures (close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range), a figure built from 1,013 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 Youngsville at the 22nd percentile, close to its 22nd-percentile risk score.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
USFS puts 57.7% of Youngsville's 1,013 buildings in the Indirect exposure zone, versus 42.4% Direct and 0% Minimal — a place where the fire doesn't need to reach the structure directly for embers to.
Where Youngsville ranks
There's little gap between Youngsville's 22nd national percentile and its 24th percentile inside Pennsylvania, which means the state comparison mostly confirms what the national score already shows. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Youngsville ranks 24,631 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 11,845 by building count (1 is largest). Within Pennsylvania alone, it ranks 1,510 of 1,991 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Pennsylvania on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Youngsville
At the 22nd national percentile, Youngsville rates moderate 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 Youngsville (57.7% Indirect), vent screens and roofing material tend to matter more than lot clearing alone. The home-hardening guide covers both.
Where Youngsville's figures come from
Youngsville's 22nd-percentile score and its burn-probability figure both come from the same USFS workbook, documented in the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Youngsville's dominant indirect exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.