Westwood (Cambria), PA
How exposed is Westwood (Cambria) to wildfire?
Out of every US place USFS scores, Westwood (Cambria) lands at the 40th percentile for wildfire risk to structures — modestly above the national average for wildfire risk — a figure built from its 1,046 buildings, not the land around them. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Westwood (Cambria) at the 38th national percentile — 2 points below its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Where Westwood (Cambria)'s buildings actually sit
Most of Westwood (Cambria)'s buildings (56.9%) sit in the Indirect zone, where wind-blown embers rather than flame front are the mechanism USFS is scoring — ember-resistant vents and non-combustible roofing are the interventions this pattern favors, more than defensible space alone.
Where Westwood (Cambria) ranks
Compare Westwood (Cambria)'s two percentiles: 63rd within Pennsylvania, only 40th nationally — a gap of 23 points that marks it as unusually exposed for its own state. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Westwood (Cambria) ranks 18,891 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 11,617 by building count (1 is largest). Within Pennsylvania alone, it ranks 741 of 1,991 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Pennsylvania on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Westwood (Cambria)
Westwood (Cambria)'s elevated 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.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
With ember exposure the dominant pattern in Westwood (Cambria) (56.9% Indirect), vent screens and roofing material tend to matter more than lot clearing alone. The home-hardening guide covers both.
More on how this number was built
Every one of the two percentiles behind Westwood (Cambria)'s 18,891-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. For more on what indirect exposure implies beyond Westwood (Cambria), see the exposure-zones guide.