Jena, LA
Jena, LA's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model puts Jena at the 62nd national percentile for risk to structures, well above the national norm for wildfire risk — a score built from 1,887 actual buildings. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Jena at the 62nd national percentile — 0 points above its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Jena's building exposure, zone by zone
Of Jena's 1,887 counted buildings, 65.1% carry Direct exposure and only 0% carry Minimal — a lopsided split that puts defensible-space clearing ahead of vents or roofing as the intervention worth doing first.
Where Jena ranks
Within Louisiana, Jena ranks higher (77th percentile) than it does nationally (62nd) — one of the more fire-exposed places in a state that, overall, scores lower than that. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Jena ranks 12,133 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 7,800 by building count (1 is largest). Within Louisiana alone, it ranks 112 of 488 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Louisiana on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Jena
Jena's high rating (62nd percentile) puts it among the places where the national carrier-pullback trend is most relevant — not a guarantee of a coverage problem, but a reason to shop rather than assume.
What would actually reduce this score
With 65.1% of Jena 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 1,887 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Jena. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Jena, see the exposure-zones guide.