Jacksonwald, PA
How exposed is Jacksonwald to wildfire?
Out of every US place USFS scores, Jacksonwald lands at the 16th percentile for wildfire risk to structures — among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally — a figure built from its 1,270 buildings, not the land around them. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Jacksonwald at the 14th national percentile — 2 points below its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
Most of Jacksonwald's buildings (53.5%) 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.
How Jacksonwald compares
Jacksonwald scores 16th nationally and 16th within Pennsylvania — close enough that its state context doesn't change the picture the national number already gives. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Jacksonwald ranks 26,481 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 10,245 by building count (1 is largest). Within Pennsylvania alone, it ranks 1,672 of 1,991 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Pennsylvania on its state page.
What this risk score means for insurance
At the 16th national percentile, Jacksonwald rates low 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
Jacksonwald's 53.5% Indirect-exposure share points at embers, not flame contact, as the main pathway — ember-resistant vents and non-combustible roofing rank ahead of defensible space here. Detail in the home-hardening guide.
Where Jacksonwald's figures come from
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 1,270 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Jacksonwald. The exposure-zones guide covers what Jacksonwald's dominant indirect exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.