Waynesboro, PA
How exposed is Waynesboro to wildfire?
USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model puts Waynesboro at the 13th national percentile for risk to structures, among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally — a score built from 3,652 actual buildings. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Waynesboro's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 14th percentile nationally.
Where Waynesboro's buildings actually sit
Most of Waynesboro's buildings (89.5% of 3,652) fall outside USFS's Direct and Indirect zones entirely — that doesn't zero out the score above, it means the risk is regional, not structure-by-structure.
How Waynesboro compares
There's little gap between Waynesboro's 13th national percentile and its 11th percentile inside Pennsylvania, which means the state comparison mostly confirms what the national score already shows. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Waynesboro ranks 27,527 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 4,581 by building count (1 is largest). Within Pennsylvania alone, it ranks 1,768 of 1,991 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Pennsylvania on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Waynesboro
At the 13th national percentile, Waynesboro 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
Even with 89.5% of Waynesboro outside USFS's Direct and Indirect zones, basic hardening — gutter maintenance, ember-resistant vents — is inexpensive relative to the regional burn-probability risk noted above. Details in the home-hardening guide.
Where Waynesboro's figures come from
Every one of the two percentiles behind Waynesboro's 27,527-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Waynesboro's dominant minimal exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.