Woodside, PA
Woodside, PA's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
USFS scores Woodside at the 24th national percentile for wildfire risk to structures (close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range), a figure built from 877 real buildings rather than raw vegetation cover. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Woodside's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 25th percentile nationally.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
877 buildings are counted in Woodside, and 50.9% of them sit in USFS's Direct exposure zone — flame contact, not just ember cast, is the live possibility for most of them, against 49.1% rated Minimal.
Where Woodside ranks
There's little gap between Woodside's 24th national percentile and its 28th percentile inside Pennsylvania, which means the state comparison mostly confirms what the national score already shows. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Woodside ranks 23,961 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 12,937 by building count (1 is largest). Within Pennsylvania alone, it ranks 1,442 of 1,991 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Pennsylvania on its state page.
Woodside and the insurance market
At the 24th national percentile, Woodside rates moderate for wildfire risk — well short of the threshold where insurers have been withdrawing coverage, though comparing a quote costs nothing either way.
Hardening a home in Woodside
Woodside's 50.9% Direct-exposure share means lot clearing around the structure typically outweighs any single material upgrade here. The home-hardening guide ranks the options for a place shaped like this.
More on how this number was built
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 877 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Woodside. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Woodside, see the exposure-zones guide.