Williamstown, PA
How exposed is Williamstown to wildfire?
Williamstown's 582 buildings earn a 66th-percentile wildfire-risk score nationally under USFS's model — well above the national norm for wildfire risk. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Williamstown's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 63rd percentile nationally.
Where Williamstown's buildings actually sit
91.1% of Williamstown's 582 buildings fall in USFS's Indirect exposure zone — ember cast rather than direct flame — against 8.9% Direct and 0% Minimal. Vent screens and roofing material matter more here than lot clearing alone.
Williamstown against the rest of the country
Compare Williamstown's two percentiles: 99th within Pennsylvania, only 66th nationally — a gap of 33 points that marks it as unusually exposed for its own state. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Williamstown ranks 10,659 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 16,083 by building count (1 is largest). Within Pennsylvania alone, it ranks 16 of 1,991 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Pennsylvania on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Williamstown
At the 66th percentile nationally, Williamstown carries the high rating that has pushed some carriers to limit new business in similarly-scored places elsewhere in the country. Worth comparing quotes rather than assuming last year's renewal terms still apply.
What would actually reduce this score
Because 91.1% of Williamstown's buildings sit in the Indirect zone, sealing the ember pathway (vents, roofing, gutters) is the intervention this page's data actually supports — see the home-hardening guide.
More on how this number was built
Williamstown's 66th-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 Williamstown, see the exposure-zones guide.