Jonestown (Columbia), PA
Jonestown (Columbia), PA's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model puts Jonestown (Columbia) at the 57th national percentile for risk to structures, modestly above the national average for wildfire risk — a score built from 72 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 Jonestown (Columbia) at the 55th percentile, close to its 57th-percentile risk score.
Jonestown (Columbia)'s building exposure, zone by zone
72 buildings are counted in Jonestown (Columbia), and 100% of them sit in USFS's Direct exposure zone — flame contact, not just ember cast, is the live possibility for most of them, against 0% rated Minimal.
Where Jonestown (Columbia) ranks
Within Pennsylvania, Jonestown (Columbia) ranks higher (93rd percentile) than it does nationally (57th) — one of the more fire-exposed places in a state that, overall, scores lower than that. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Jonestown (Columbia) ranks 13,685 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 30,225 by building count (1 is largest). Within Pennsylvania alone, it ranks 140 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
Jonestown (Columbia)'s elevated rating (57th 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
With 100% of Jonestown (Columbia) 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 Jonestown (Columbia)'s figures come from
Every one of the two percentiles behind Jonestown (Columbia)'s 13,685-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Jonestown (Columbia)'s dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.