West Brownsville, PA
West Brownsville, PA's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
West Brownsville's 643 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, West Brownsville's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 33rd percentile nationally.
West Brownsville's building exposure, zone by zone
USFS puts 81.2% of West Brownsville's 643 buildings in the Indirect exposure zone, versus 18.7% Direct and 0.2% Minimal — a place where the fire doesn't need to reach the structure directly for embers to.
Where West Brownsville ranks
West Brownsville scores 32nd nationally and 42nd within Pennsylvania — close enough that its state context doesn't change the picture the national number already gives. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, West Brownsville ranks 21,505 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 15,290 by building count (1 is largest). Within Pennsylvania alone, it ranks 1,151 of 1,991 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Pennsylvania on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in West Brownsville
At the 32nd national percentile, West Brownsville rates moderate for wildfire risk — well short of the threshold where insurers have been withdrawing coverage, though comparing a quote costs nothing either way.
Hardening a home in West Brownsville
West Brownsville's 81.2% Indirect-exposure share points at embers, not flame contact, as the main pathway — ember-resistant vents and non-combustible roofing rank ahead of defensible space here. Detail in the home-hardening guide.
Where West Brownsville's figures come from
West Brownsville's 32nd-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 West Brownsville's dominant indirect exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.