Jessup, PA
Jessup, PA's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
USFS scores Jessup at the 48th national percentile for wildfire risk to structures (modestly above the national average for wildfire risk), a figure built from 2,358 real buildings rather than raw vegetation cover. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Jessup at the 47th percentile, close to its 48th-percentile risk score.
Where Jessup's buildings actually sit
2,358 buildings are counted in Jessup, and 48.1% of them are Indirect exposure — ember-driven risk rather than the 6.4% in Direct exposure or the 45.6% rated Minimal.
Where Jessup ranks
Within Pennsylvania, Jessup ranks higher (78th percentile) than it does nationally (48th) — one of the more fire-exposed places in a state that, overall, scores lower than that. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Jessup ranks 16,366 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 6,590 by building count (1 is largest). Within Pennsylvania alone, it ranks 437 of 1,991 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Pennsylvania on its state page.
Jessup and the insurance market
Jessup's elevated rating (48th percentile nationally) sits outside the range where wildfire risk alone reshapes an insurance market — still, a homeowner here loses nothing by comparing rates.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
Because 48.1% of Jessup's buildings sit in the Indirect zone, sealing the ember pathway (vents, roofing, gutters) is the intervention this page's data actually supports — see the home-hardening guide.
More on how this number was built
Jessup's 48th-percentile score and its burn-probability figure both come from the same USFS workbook, documented in the methodology guide. For more on what indirect exposure implies beyond Jessup, see the exposure-zones guide.