West York, PA
West York wildfire risk explained
USFS scores West York at the 6th national percentile for wildfire risk to structures (among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally), a figure built from 1,215 real buildings rather than raw vegetation cover. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, West York's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 6th percentile nationally.
Where West York's buildings actually sit
99.6% of West York's 1,215 buildings sit in USFS's Minimal exposure zone, with only 0.4% rated Direct — risk here comes from regional burn probability more than proximity to burnable vegetation at the structure itself.
West York against the rest of the country
West York's risk sits at a similar level relative to Pennsylvania (3rd percentile statewide) as it does nationally (6th) — this place isn't unusual for its own state either way. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, West York ranks 29,799 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 10,565 by building count (1 is largest). Within Pennsylvania alone, it ranks 1,938 of 1,991 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Pennsylvania on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in West York
West York's low wildfire rating (6th 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.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
With 99.6% of buildings rated Minimal exposure, West York gets less benefit from structure hardening than a Direct- or Indirect-dominant place would — the home-hardening guide explains why the zone matters.
More on how this number was built
Every one of the two percentiles behind West York's 29,799-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 York, see the exposure-zones guide.