West Wyomissing, PA
West Wyomissing wildfire risk explained
West Wyomissing sits at the 16th percentile nationally for wildfire risk to structures — among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally — per USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model, built from its 1,381 counted buildings, not vegetation cover alone. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, West Wyomissing'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
72.7% of West Wyomissing's 1,381 buildings sit in USFS's Minimal exposure zone, with only 12.8% rated Direct — risk here comes from regional burn probability more than proximity to burnable vegetation at the structure itself.
How West Wyomissing compares
There's little gap between West Wyomissing's 16th national percentile and its 16th 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 Wyomissing ranks 26,453 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 9,713 by building count (1 is largest). Within Pennsylvania alone, it ranks 1,671 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 Wyomissing's low rating (16th percentile nationally) sits outside the range where wildfire risk alone reshapes an insurance market — still, a homeowner here loses nothing by comparing rates.
Hardening a home in West Wyomissing
Even with 72.7% of West Wyomissing 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.
More on how this number was built
Every one of the two percentiles behind West Wyomissing's 26,453-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. For more on what minimal exposure implies beyond West Wyomissing, see the exposure-zones guide.