West Pittsburg, PA
West Pittsburg, PA's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Out of every US place USFS scores, West Pittsburg lands at the 38th percentile for wildfire risk to structures — close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range — a figure built from its 495 buildings, not the land around them. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, West Pittsburg's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 38th percentile nationally.
West Pittsburg's building exposure, zone by zone
USFS puts 92.7% of West Pittsburg's 495 buildings in the Indirect exposure zone, versus 7.3% Direct and 0% Minimal — a place where the fire doesn't need to reach the structure directly for embers to.
West Pittsburg against the rest of the country
Within Pennsylvania, West Pittsburg ranks higher (58th percentile) than it does nationally (38th) — 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 Pittsburg ranks 19,524 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 17,449 by building count (1 is largest). Within Pennsylvania alone, it ranks 846 of 1,991 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Pennsylvania on its state page.
West Pittsburg and the insurance market
West Pittsburg's moderate wildfire rating (38th percentile) isn't the kind of score driving the carrier pullback making news in the highest-risk Western markets — but a standard homeowners quote is still worth comparing on its own terms.
Hardening a home in West Pittsburg
Because 92.7% of West Pittsburg'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.
Where West Pittsburg's figures come from
West Pittsburg's 38th-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 Pittsburg's dominant indirect exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.