West Myerstown, PA
West Myerstown, PA's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
USFS scores West Myerstown at the 8th national percentile for wildfire risk to structures (among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally), a figure built from 503 real buildings rather than raw vegetation cover. (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 Myerstown at the 8th percentile, close to its 8th-percentile risk score.
West Myerstown's building exposure, zone by zone
Most of West Myerstown's buildings (77.9% of 503) fall outside USFS's Direct and Indirect zones entirely — that doesn't zero out the score above, it means the risk is regional, not structure-by-structure.
West Myerstown against the rest of the country
West Myerstown scores 8th nationally and 5th 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 Myerstown ranks 29,135 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 17,295 by building count (1 is largest). Within Pennsylvania alone, it ranks 1,895 of 1,991 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Pennsylvania on its state page.
West Myerstown and the insurance market
At the 8th national percentile, West Myerstown 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 Myerstown
With 77.9% of buildings rated Minimal exposure, West Myerstown 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 Myerstown's figures come from
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 503 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for West Myerstown. The exposure-zones guide covers what West Myerstown's dominant minimal exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.