West Fairview, PA
West Fairview, PA's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model puts West Fairview at the 17th national percentile for risk to structures, among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally — a score built from 490 actual buildings. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks West Fairview at the 17th national percentile — 0 points above its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Where West Fairview's buildings actually sit
92.5% of West Fairview's 490 buildings sit in USFS's Minimal exposure zone, with only 7.6% rated Direct — risk here comes from regional burn probability more than proximity to burnable vegetation at the structure itself.
How West Fairview compares
There's little gap between West Fairview's 17th national percentile and its 17th percentile inside Pennsylvania, which means the state comparison mostly confirms what the national score already shows. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, West Fairview ranks 26,262 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 17,538 by building count (1 is largest). Within Pennsylvania alone, it ranks 1,650 of 1,991 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Pennsylvania on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in West Fairview
West Fairview's low wildfire rating (17th 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.
What would actually reduce this score
West Fairview's 92.5% Minimal-exposure share means structure-level hardening matters less here than it would elsewhere — still worth the low-cost basics, per the home-hardening guide.
Where West Fairview's figures come from
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 490 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for West Fairview. The exposure-zones guide covers what West Fairview's dominant minimal exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.