Weissport East, PA
Weissport East, PA's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Weissport East sits at the 54th percentile nationally for wildfire risk to structures — modestly above the national average for wildfire risk — per USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model, built from its 1,060 counted buildings, not vegetation cover alone. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Weissport East's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 53rd percentile nationally.
Weissport East's building exposure, zone by zone
1,060 buildings are counted in Weissport East, and 50.6% of them are Indirect exposure — ember-driven risk rather than the 49.4% in Direct exposure or the 0% rated Minimal.
How Weissport East compares
Within Pennsylvania, Weissport East ranks higher (89th percentile) than it does nationally (54th) — one of the more fire-exposed places in a state that, overall, scores lower than that. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Weissport East ranks 14,605 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 11,527 by building count (1 is largest). Within Pennsylvania alone, it ranks 226 of 1,991 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Pennsylvania on its state page.
Weissport East and the insurance market
Weissport East's elevated wildfire rating (54th 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.
Hardening a home in Weissport East
With ember exposure the dominant pattern in Weissport East (50.6% Indirect), vent screens and roofing material tend to matter more than lot clearing alone. The home-hardening guide covers both.
More on how this number was built
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 1,060 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Weissport East. For more on what indirect exposure implies beyond Weissport East, see the exposure-zones guide.