Jennerstown, PA
How exposed is Jennerstown to wildfire?
USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model puts Jennerstown at the 46th national percentile for risk to structures, modestly above the national average for wildfire risk — a score built from 466 actual buildings. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Jennerstown at the 46th percentile, close to its 46th-percentile risk score.
Jennerstown's building exposure, zone by zone
Direct exposure dominates in Jennerstown: 68.5% of its 466 buildings, versus 29.2% Indirect and 2.4% Minimal. Clearing space around a structure changes the outcome here more than any single building-material swap.
Where Jennerstown ranks
Within Pennsylvania, Jennerstown ranks higher (74th percentile) than it does nationally (46th) — one of the more fire-exposed places in a state that, overall, scores lower than that. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Jennerstown ranks 17,093 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 17,968 by building count (1 is largest). Within Pennsylvania alone, it ranks 525 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
Jennerstown's elevated wildfire rating (46th 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
With 68.5% of Jennerstown 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 Jennerstown's figures come from
Jennerstown's 46th-percentile score and its burn-probability figure both come from the same USFS workbook, documented in the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Jennerstown's dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.