Fort Jesup, LA
Fort Jesup wildfire risk explained
USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model puts Fort Jesup at the 69th national percentile for risk to structures, well above the national norm for wildfire risk — a score built from 348 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 Fort Jesup at the 69th percentile, close to its 69th-percentile risk score.
Where Fort Jesup's buildings actually sit
USFS classifies 100% of Fort Jesup's buildings as Direct exposure, higher than its 0% Indirect share and far above its 0% Minimal share — a profile where 348 structures sit close enough to vegetation that lot clearing matters most.
Where Fort Jesup ranks
Fort Jesup's 85th-percentile standing inside Louisiana outpaces its 69th national percentile — this is a hotter spot than most of its own state, even though the state as a whole runs cooler nationally. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Fort Jesup ranks 9,796 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 20,362 by building count (1 is largest). Within Louisiana alone, it ranks 75 of 488 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Louisiana on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Fort Jesup
Fort Jesup's 69th-percentile, high rating is the kind of score behind a broader national pattern: insurers pulling back from the highest wildfire-risk markets, non-renewing or declining new policies outright, most visibly in California. Shopping around, not assuming automatic renewal, tends to matter here.
What would actually reduce this score
Because Direct exposure dominates in Fort Jesup (100%), the highest-leverage fix is defensible space, not roofing or vents alone — covered in the home-hardening guide.
Where Fort Jesup's figures come from
Fort Jesup's 69th-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 Fort Jesup's dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.