Mount Jackson, PA
Mount Jackson wildfire risk explained
Mount Jackson sits at the 27th 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 385 counted buildings, not vegetation cover alone. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Mount Jackson at the 27th national percentile — 0 points above its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Mount Jackson's building exposure, zone by zone
USFS classifies 66.5% of Mount Jackson's buildings as Direct exposure, higher than its 33.5% Indirect share and far above its 0% Minimal share — a profile where 256 structures sit close enough to vegetation that lot clearing matters most.
How Mount Jackson compares
Mount Jackson's risk sits at a similar level relative to Pennsylvania (32nd percentile statewide) as it does nationally (27th) — this place isn't unusual for its own state either way. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Mount Jackson ranks 23,018 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 19,529 by building count (1 is largest). Within Pennsylvania alone, it ranks 1,349 of 1,991 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Pennsylvania on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Mount Jackson
Mount Jackson's moderate wildfire rating (27th percentile) isn't the kind of score driving the carrier pullback making news in the highest-risk Western markets — but a standard homeowners quote is still worth comparing on its own terms.
Hardening a home in Mount Jackson
With 66.5% of Mount Jackson 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.
More on how this number was built
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 385 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Mount Jackson. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Mount Jackson, see the exposure-zones guide.