Webster, PA
How exposed is Webster to wildfire?
Webster's 167 buildings earn a 32nd-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.)
Separately from the risk score above, Webster's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 33rd percentile nationally.
Where Webster's buildings actually sit
167 buildings are counted in Webster, and 68.3% of them are Indirect exposure — ember-driven risk rather than the 30.5% in Direct exposure or the 1.2% rated Minimal.
Where Webster ranks
Webster's risk sits at a similar level relative to Pennsylvania (42nd percentile statewide) as it does nationally (32nd) — this place isn't unusual for its own state either way. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Webster ranks 21,600 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 26,149 by building count (1 is largest). Within Pennsylvania alone, it ranks 1,167 of 1,991 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Pennsylvania on its state page.
Webster and the insurance market
Webster's moderate wildfire rating (32nd percentile) isn't the kind of score driving the carrier pullback making news in the highest-risk Western markets — but a standard homeowners quote is still worth comparing on its own terms.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
Because 68.3% of Webster'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.
Where Webster's figures come from
Every one of the two percentiles behind Webster's 21,600-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Webster's dominant indirect exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.