Johnsonburg, PA
How exposed is Johnsonburg to wildfire?
USFS scores Johnsonburg at the 22nd national percentile for wildfire risk to structures (close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range), a figure built from 1,574 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 Johnsonburg at the 22nd percentile, close to its 22nd-percentile risk score.
Johnsonburg's building exposure, zone by zone
69.8% of Johnsonburg's 1,574 buildings fall in USFS's Indirect exposure zone — ember cast rather than direct flame — against 30.2% Direct and 0% Minimal. Vent screens and roofing material matter more here than lot clearing alone.
Johnsonburg against the rest of the country
Johnsonburg scores 22nd nationally and 24th 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, Johnsonburg ranks 24,659 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 8,869 by building count (1 is largest). Within Pennsylvania alone, it ranks 1,511 of 1,991 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Pennsylvania on its state page.
Johnsonburg and the insurance market
Johnsonburg's moderate rating (22nd percentile nationally) sits outside the range where wildfire risk alone reshapes an insurance market — still, a homeowner here loses nothing by comparing rates.
Hardening a home in Johnsonburg
With ember exposure the dominant pattern in Johnsonburg (69.8% Indirect), vent screens and roofing material tend to matter more than lot clearing alone. The home-hardening guide covers both.
Where Johnsonburg's figures come from
Every one of the two percentiles behind Johnsonburg's 24,659-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Johnsonburg's dominant indirect exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.