West Kittanning, PA
West Kittanning, PA's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model puts West Kittanning at the 32nd national percentile for risk to structures, close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range — a score built from 732 actual buildings. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts West Kittanning at the 33rd percentile, close to its 32nd-percentile risk score.
Where West Kittanning's buildings actually sit
USFS puts 89.6% of West Kittanning's 732 buildings in the Indirect exposure zone, versus 10.4% Direct and 0% Minimal — a place where the fire doesn't need to reach the structure directly for embers to.
Where West Kittanning ranks
There's little gap between West Kittanning's 32nd national percentile and its 43rd 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 Kittanning ranks 21,350 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 14,312 by building count (1 is largest). Within Pennsylvania alone, it ranks 1,134 of 1,991 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Pennsylvania on its state page.
What this risk score means for insurance
West Kittanning'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.
Hardening a home in West Kittanning
With ember exposure the dominant pattern in West Kittanning (89.6% Indirect), vent screens and roofing material tend to matter more than lot clearing alone. The home-hardening guide covers both.
Where West Kittanning's figures come from
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 732 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for West Kittanning. The exposure-zones guide covers what West Kittanning's dominant indirect exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.