Westland, PA
Westland, PA's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Westland sits at the 40th 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 97 counted buildings, not vegetation cover alone. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Westland's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 42nd percentile nationally.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
62.9% of Westland's 97 buildings fall in USFS's Indirect exposure zone — ember cast rather than direct flame — against 37.1% Direct and 0% Minimal. Vent screens and roofing material matter more here than lot clearing alone.
Where Westland ranks
Compare Westland's two percentiles: 62nd within Pennsylvania, only 40th nationally — a gap of 22 points that marks it as unusually exposed for its own state. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Westland ranks 19,046 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 29,201 by building count (1 is largest). Within Pennsylvania alone, it ranks 768 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
Westland's moderate rating (40th percentile nationally) sits outside the range where wildfire risk alone reshapes an insurance market — still, a homeowner here loses nothing by comparing rates.
What would actually reduce this score
Westland's 62.9% Indirect-exposure share points at embers, not flame contact, as the main pathway — ember-resistant vents and non-combustible roofing rank ahead of defensible space here. Detail in the home-hardening guide.
More on how this number was built
Westland's 40th-percentile score and its burn-probability figure both come from the same USFS workbook, documented in the methodology guide. For more on what indirect exposure implies beyond Westland, see the exposure-zones guide.