West Middletown, PA
West Middletown, PA's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
West Middletown's 99 buildings earn a 40th-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.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks West Middletown at the 42nd national percentile — 2 points above its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Where West Middletown's buildings actually sit
USFS classifies 100% of West Middletown's buildings as Direct exposure, higher than its 0% Indirect share and far above its 0% Minimal share — a profile where 99 structures sit close enough to vegetation that lot clearing matters most.
Where West Middletown ranks
Within Pennsylvania, West Middletown ranks higher (63rd percentile) than it does nationally (40th) — one of the more fire-exposed places in a state that, overall, scores lower than that. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, West Middletown ranks 18,923 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 29,104 by building count (1 is largest). Within Pennsylvania alone, it ranks 747 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 Middletown's moderate rating (40th 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 100% of West Middletown in Direct exposure, defensible-space clearing and ember-resistant construction (vents, Class-A roofing) address the exposure this page's own numbers describe, not a generic checklist. See the home-hardening guide.
More on how this number was built
Every one of the two percentiles behind West Middletown's 18,923-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond West Middletown, see the exposure-zones guide.