West Mifflin, PA
How exposed is West Mifflin to wildfire?
USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model puts West Mifflin at the 25th national percentile for risk to structures, close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range — a score built from 10,037 actual buildings. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, West Mifflin's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 26th percentile nationally.
West Mifflin's building exposure, zone by zone
USFS classifies 85.1% of West Mifflin's buildings as Minimal exposure, the largest of the three zones here by a wide margin over 12.7% Direct and 2.2% Indirect — a landscape-level risk rather than a building-by-building one. At 10,037 buildings, this is a substantial built environment, so the shares below describe a real population of structures, not a handful of edge cases.
West Mifflin against the rest of the country
West Mifflin scores 25th nationally and 30th 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 Mifflin ranks 23,558 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 1,600 by building count (1 is largest). Within Pennsylvania alone, it ranks 1,403 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
At the 25th national percentile, West Mifflin rates moderate for wildfire risk — well short of the threshold where insurers have been withdrawing coverage, though comparing a quote costs nothing either way.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
Even with 85.1% of West Mifflin outside USFS's Direct and Indirect zones, basic hardening — gutter maintenance, ember-resistant vents — is inexpensive relative to the regional burn-probability risk noted above. Details in the home-hardening guide.
Where West Mifflin's figures come from
West Mifflin's 25th-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 Mifflin's dominant minimal exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.