Waymart, PA
Waymart wildfire risk explained
USFS scores Waymart at the 48th national percentile for wildfire risk to structures (modestly above the national average for wildfire risk), a figure built from 755 real buildings rather than raw vegetation cover. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Waymart at the 49th national percentile — 1 points above its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Waymart's building exposure, zone by zone
755 buildings are counted in Waymart, and 70.6% of them sit in USFS's Direct exposure zone — flame contact, not just ember cast, is the live possibility for most of them, against 0% rated Minimal.
Where Waymart ranks
Within Pennsylvania, Waymart ranks higher (78th percentile) than it does nationally (48th) — one of the more fire-exposed places in a state that, overall, scores lower than that. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Waymart ranks 16,399 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 14,070 by building count (1 is largest). Within Pennsylvania alone, it ranks 446 of 1,991 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Pennsylvania on its state page.
Waymart and the insurance market
Waymart's elevated rating (48th percentile nationally) sits outside the range where wildfire risk alone reshapes an insurance market — still, a homeowner here loses nothing by comparing rates.
Hardening a home in Waymart
Because Direct exposure dominates in Waymart (70.6%), the highest-leverage fix is defensible space, not roofing or vents alone — covered in the home-hardening guide.
Where Waymart's figures come from
Waymart's 48th-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 Waymart's dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.