Williamsburg, PA
How exposed is Williamsburg to wildfire?
USFS scores Williamsburg at the 37th national percentile for wildfire risk to structures (close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range), a figure built from 587 real buildings rather than raw vegetation cover. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Williamsburg's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 36th percentile nationally.
Williamsburg's building exposure, zone by zone
Most of Williamsburg's buildings (94.6%) 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 Williamsburg ranks
Williamsburg's 55th-percentile standing inside Pennsylvania outpaces its 37th national percentile — this is a hotter spot than most of its own state, even though the state as a whole runs cooler nationally. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Williamsburg ranks 19,869 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 16,013 by building count (1 is largest). Within Pennsylvania alone, it ranks 896 of 1,991 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Pennsylvania on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Williamsburg
At the 37th national percentile, Williamsburg rates moderate 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 ember exposure the dominant pattern in Williamsburg (94.6% 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
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 587 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Williamsburg. For more on what indirect exposure implies beyond Williamsburg, see the exposure-zones guide.