Yukon, PA
How exposed is Yukon to wildfire?
Yukon's 432 buildings earn a 33rd-percentile wildfire-risk score nationally under USFS's model — close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Yukon at the 34th percentile, close to its 33rd-percentile risk score.
Yukon's building exposure, zone by zone
USFS puts 66.2% of Yukon's 432 buildings in the Indirect exposure zone, versus 33.8% Direct and 0% Minimal — a place where the fire doesn't need to reach the structure directly for embers to.
Where Yukon ranks
There's little gap between Yukon's 33rd national percentile and its 44th percentile inside Pennsylvania, which means the state comparison mostly confirms what the national score already shows. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Yukon ranks 21,288 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 18,612 by building count (1 is largest). Within Pennsylvania alone, it ranks 1,127 of 1,991 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Pennsylvania on its state page.
Yukon and the insurance market
At the 33rd national percentile, Yukon 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
With ember exposure the dominant pattern in Yukon (66.2% Indirect), vent screens and roofing material tend to matter more than lot clearing alone. The home-hardening guide covers both.
Where Yukon's figures come from
Yukon's 33rd-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 Yukon's dominant indirect exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.