Jacksonville (Centre), PA
Jacksonville (Centre) wildfire risk explained
Jacksonville (Centre)'s 65 buildings earn a 55th-percentile wildfire-risk score nationally under USFS's model — modestly above the national average for wildfire risk. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Jacksonville (Centre) at the 53rd national percentile — 2 points below its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Jacksonville (Centre)'s building exposure, zone by zone
98.5% of Jacksonville (Centre)'s 65 buildings sit in USFS's Direct exposure zone, roughly 64 structures close enough to burnable vegetation for flame contact, not just embers — 1.5% fall in the Indirect, ember-only zone and 0% are Minimal.
How Jacksonville (Centre) compares
Compare Jacksonville (Centre)'s two percentiles: 90th within Pennsylvania, only 55th nationally — a gap of 36 points that marks it as unusually exposed for its own state. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Jacksonville (Centre) ranks 14,319 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 30,477 by building count (1 is largest). Within Pennsylvania alone, it ranks 193 of 1,991 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Pennsylvania on its state page.
Jacksonville (Centre) and the insurance market
At the 55th national percentile, Jacksonville (Centre) rates elevated 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 Jacksonville (Centre)
Jacksonville (Centre)'s 98.5% 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.
Where Jacksonville (Centre)'s figures come from
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 65 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Jacksonville (Centre). The exposure-zones guide covers what Jacksonville (Centre)'s dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.