Julian, PA
Julian wildfire risk explained
USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model puts Julian at the 62nd national percentile for risk to structures, well above the national norm for wildfire risk — a score built from 103 actual buildings. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Julian's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 60th percentile nationally.
Julian's building exposure, zone by zone
USFS puts 66% of Julian's 103 buildings in the Indirect exposure zone, versus 34% Direct and 0% Minimal — a place where the fire doesn't need to reach the structure directly for embers to.
Where Julian ranks
Compare Julian's two percentiles: 97th within Pennsylvania, only 62nd nationally — a gap of 36 points that marks it as unusually exposed for its own state. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Julian ranks 12,108 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 28,920 by building count (1 is largest). Within Pennsylvania alone, it ranks 55 of 1,991 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Pennsylvania on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Julian
At the 62nd percentile nationally, Julian carries the high rating that has pushed some carriers to limit new business in similarly-scored places elsewhere in the country. Worth comparing quotes rather than assuming last year's renewal terms still apply.
What would actually reduce this score
Because 66% of Julian'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
Julian's 62nd-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 Julian, see the exposure-zones guide.