West Lawn, PA
How exposed is West Lawn to wildfire?
West Lawn sits at the 11th percentile nationally for wildfire risk to structures — among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally — per USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model, built from its 622 counted buildings, not vegetation cover alone. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, West Lawn's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 12th percentile nationally.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
USFS classifies 97.6% of West Lawn's buildings as Minimal exposure, the largest of the three zones here by a wide margin over 2.4% Direct and 0% Indirect — a landscape-level risk rather than a building-by-building one.
How West Lawn compares
West Lawn's risk sits at a similar level relative to Pennsylvania (10th percentile statewide) as it does nationally (11th) — this place isn't unusual for its own state either way. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, West Lawn ranks 27,940 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 15,533 by building count (1 is largest). Within Pennsylvania alone, it ranks 1,799 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 Lawn's low rating (11th percentile nationally) sits outside the range where wildfire risk alone reshapes an insurance market — still, a homeowner here loses nothing by comparing rates.
What would actually reduce this score
With 97.6% of buildings rated Minimal exposure, West Lawn gets less benefit from structure hardening than a Direct- or Indirect-dominant place would — the home-hardening guide explains why the zone matters.
Where West Lawn's figures come from
West Lawn's 11th-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 Lawn's dominant minimal exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.