Jeannette, PA
Jeannette wildfire risk explained
USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model puts Jeannette at the 31st national percentile for risk to structures, close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range — a score built from 4,275 actual buildings. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Jeannette at the 31st national percentile — 1 points above its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Where Jeannette's buildings actually sit
79.5% of Jeannette's 4,275 buildings fall in USFS's Indirect exposure zone — ember cast rather than direct flame — against 5.3% Direct and 15.2% Minimal. Vent screens and roofing material matter more here than lot clearing alone.
How Jeannette compares
Jeannette's risk sits at a similar level relative to Pennsylvania (39th percentile statewide) as it does nationally (31st) — this place isn't unusual for its own state either way. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Jeannette ranks 21,918 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 3,996 by building count (1 is largest). Within Pennsylvania alone, it ranks 1,212 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
Jeannette's moderate rating (31st percentile nationally) sits outside the range where wildfire risk alone reshapes an insurance market — still, a homeowner here loses nothing by comparing rates.
What would actually reduce this score
Jeannette's 79.5% 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 Jeannette's figures come from
Every one of the two percentiles behind Jeannette's 21,918-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Jeannette's dominant indirect exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.