West View, PA
How exposed is West View to wildfire?
West View sits at the 27th percentile nationally for wildfire risk to structures — close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range — per USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model, built from its 2,861 counted buildings, not vegetation cover alone. (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 View at the 27th percentile, close to its 27th-percentile risk score.
Where West View's buildings actually sit
94.5% of West View's 2,861 buildings sit in USFS's Minimal exposure zone, with only 5.5% rated Direct — risk here comes from regional burn probability more than proximity to burnable vegetation at the structure itself.
Where West View ranks
There's little gap between West View's 27th national percentile and its 32nd percentile inside Pennsylvania, which means the state comparison mostly confirms what the national score already shows. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, West View ranks 23,054 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 5,648 by building count (1 is largest). Within Pennsylvania alone, it ranks 1,354 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 View's moderate wildfire rating (27th 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 View
West View's 94.5% Minimal-exposure share means structure-level hardening matters less here than it would elsewhere — still worth the low-cost basics, per the home-hardening guide.
Where West View's figures come from
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 2,861 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for West View. The exposure-zones guide covers what West View's dominant minimal exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.