Jackson Center, PA
Jackson Center wildfire risk explained
Out of every US place USFS scores, Jackson Center lands at the 41st percentile for wildfire risk to structures — modestly above the national average for wildfire risk — a figure built from its 170 buildings, not the land around them. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Jackson Center at the 42nd percentile, close to its 41st-percentile risk score.
Jackson Center's building exposure, zone by zone
Of Jackson Center's 170 counted buildings, 97.7% carry Direct exposure and only 0% carry Minimal — a lopsided split that puts defensible-space clearing ahead of vents or roofing as the intervention worth doing first.
Jackson Center against the rest of the country
Compare Jackson Center's two percentiles: 65th within Pennsylvania, only 41st nationally — a gap of 24 points that marks it as unusually exposed for its own state. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Jackson Center ranks 18,604 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 26,044 by building count (1 is largest). Within Pennsylvania alone, it ranks 701 of 1,991 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Pennsylvania on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Jackson Center
Jackson Center's elevated wildfire rating (41st 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.
What would actually reduce this score
Because Direct exposure dominates in Jackson Center (97.7%), the highest-leverage fix is defensible space, not roofing or vents alone — covered in the home-hardening guide.
Where Jackson Center's figures come from
Every one of the two percentiles behind Jackson Center's 18,604-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Jackson Center's dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.