Jamison City, PA
Jamison City wildfire risk explained
Jamison City sits at the 51st percentile nationally for wildfire risk to structures — modestly above the national average for wildfire risk — per USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model, built from its 187 counted buildings, not vegetation cover alone. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Jamison City at the 50th percentile, close to its 51st-percentile risk score.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
99.5% of Jamison City's 187 buildings sit in USFS's Direct exposure zone, roughly 186 structures close enough to burnable vegetation for flame contact, not just embers — 0.5% fall in the Indirect, ember-only zone and 0% are Minimal.
Jamison City against the rest of the country
Within Pennsylvania, Jamison City ranks higher (83rd percentile) than it does nationally (51st) — one of the more fire-exposed places in a state that, overall, scores lower than that. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Jamison City ranks 15,483 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 25,369 by building count (1 is largest). Within Pennsylvania alone, it ranks 331 of 1,991 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Pennsylvania on its state page.
Jamison City and the insurance market
At the 51st national percentile, Jamison City rates elevated for wildfire risk — well short of the threshold where insurers have been withdrawing coverage, though comparing a quote costs nothing either way.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
With 99.5% of Jamison City in Direct exposure, defensible-space clearing and ember-resistant construction (vents, Class-A roofing) address the exposure this page's own numbers describe, not a generic checklist. See the home-hardening guide.
Where Jamison City's figures come from
Every one of the two percentiles behind Jamison City's 15,483-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Jamison City's dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.