Westwood (Chester), PA
How exposed is Westwood (Chester) to wildfire?
USFS scores Westwood (Chester) at the 12th national percentile for wildfire risk to structures (among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally), a figure built from 384 real buildings rather than raw vegetation cover. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Westwood (Chester)'s burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 11th percentile nationally.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
34.6% of Westwood (Chester)'s 384 buildings sit in USFS's Direct exposure zone, roughly 133 structures close enough to burnable vegetation for flame contact, not just embers — 34.4% fall in the Indirect, ember-only zone and 31% are Minimal.
Westwood (Chester) against the rest of the country
Westwood (Chester)'s risk sits at a similar level relative to Pennsylvania (11th percentile statewide) as it does nationally (12th) — this place isn't unusual for its own state either way. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Westwood (Chester) ranks 27,749 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 19,551 by building count (1 is largest). Within Pennsylvania alone, it ranks 1,783 of 1,991 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Pennsylvania on its state page.
Westwood (Chester) and the insurance market
Westwood (Chester)'s low wildfire rating (12th 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
Because Direct exposure dominates in Westwood (Chester) (34.6%), the highest-leverage fix is defensible space, not roofing or vents alone — covered in the home-hardening guide.
More on how this number was built
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 384 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Westwood (Chester). For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Westwood (Chester), see the exposure-zones guide.