Jonestown (Lebanon), PA
Jonestown (Lebanon), PA's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Jonestown (Lebanon) sits at the 23rd percentile nationally for wildfire risk to structures — close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range — per USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model, built from its 646 counted buildings, not vegetation cover alone. (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 (Lebanon) at the 23rd percentile, close to its 23rd-percentile risk score.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
646 buildings are counted in Jonestown (Lebanon), and 80.8% of them are Indirect exposure — ember-driven risk rather than the 19.2% in Direct exposure or the 0% rated Minimal.
Jonestown (Lebanon) against the rest of the country
Jonestown (Lebanon) scores 23rd nationally and 25th 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, Jonestown (Lebanon) ranks 24,437 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 15,251 by building count (1 is largest). Within Pennsylvania alone, it ranks 1,491 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 (Lebanon)'s moderate rating (23rd 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 Jonestown (Lebanon)
Jonestown (Lebanon)'s 80.8% 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 Jonestown (Lebanon)'s figures come from
Jonestown (Lebanon)'s 23rd-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 Jonestown (Lebanon)'s dominant indirect exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.