West Milton, PA
West Milton wildfire risk explained
USFS scores West Milton at the 15th national percentile for wildfire risk to structures (among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally), a figure built from 331 real buildings rather than raw vegetation cover. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, West Milton's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 16th percentile nationally.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
331 buildings are counted in West Milton, and 71.6% of them are Indirect exposure — ember-driven risk rather than the 28.4% in Direct exposure or the 0% rated Minimal.
Where West Milton ranks
West Milton's risk sits at a similar level relative to Pennsylvania (15th percentile statewide) as it does nationally (15th) — this place isn't unusual for its own state either way. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, West Milton ranks 26,705 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 20,804 by building count (1 is largest). Within Pennsylvania alone, it ranks 1,693 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 15th national percentile, West Milton rates low for wildfire risk — well short of the threshold where insurers have been withdrawing coverage, though comparing a quote costs nothing either way.
Hardening a home in West Milton
Because 71.6% of West Milton's buildings sit in the Indirect zone, sealing the ember pathway (vents, roofing, gutters) is the intervention this page's data actually supports — see the home-hardening guide.
More on how this number was built
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 331 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for West Milton. For more on what indirect exposure implies beyond West Milton, see the exposure-zones guide.