Weston, PA
Weston wildfire risk explained
USFS scores Weston at the 60th national percentile for wildfire risk to structures (modestly above the national average for wildfire risk), a figure built from 238 real buildings rather than raw vegetation cover. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Weston's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 58th percentile nationally.
Where Weston's buildings actually sit
Of Weston's 238 counted buildings, 67.2% carry Direct exposure and only 0% carry Minimal — a lopsided split that puts defensible-space clearing ahead of vents or roofing as the intervention worth doing first.
How Weston compares
Within Pennsylvania, Weston ranks higher (96th percentile) than it does nationally (60th) — one of the more fire-exposed places in a state that, overall, scores lower than that. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Weston ranks 12,683 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 23,544 by building count (1 is largest). Within Pennsylvania alone, it ranks 80 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
At the 60th national percentile, Weston rates elevated for wildfire risk — well short of the threshold where insurers have been withdrawing coverage, though comparing a quote costs nothing either way.
What would actually reduce this score
With 67.2% of Weston in Direct exposure, defensible-space clearing and ember-resistant construction (vents, Class-A roofing) address the exposure this page's own numbers describe, not a generic checklist. See the home-hardening guide.
More on how this number was built
Every one of the two percentiles behind Weston's 12,683-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Weston, see the exposure-zones guide.