Youngwood, PA
How exposed is Youngwood to wildfire?
USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model puts Youngwood at the 33rd national percentile for risk to structures, close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range — a score built from 1,596 actual buildings. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Youngwood's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 35th percentile nationally.
Where Youngwood's buildings actually sit
1,596 buildings are counted in Youngwood, and 85.3% of them are Indirect exposure — ember-driven risk rather than the 14.7% in Direct exposure or the 0% rated Minimal.
Where Youngwood ranks
There's little gap between Youngwood's 33rd national percentile and its 46th percentile inside Pennsylvania, which means the state comparison mostly confirms what the national score already shows. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Youngwood ranks 21,030 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 8,784 by building count (1 is largest). Within Pennsylvania alone, it ranks 1,084 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
At the 33rd national percentile, Youngwood rates moderate for wildfire risk — well short of the threshold where insurers have been withdrawing coverage, though comparing a quote costs nothing either way.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
Because 85.3% of Youngwood's buildings sit in the Indirect zone, sealing the ember pathway (vents, roofing, gutters) is the intervention this page's data actually supports — see the home-hardening guide.
More on how this number was built
Youngwood's 33rd-percentile score and its burn-probability figure both come from the same USFS workbook, documented in the methodology guide. For more on what indirect exposure implies beyond Youngwood, see the exposure-zones guide.