Jonesboro, LA
Jonesboro, LA's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model puts Jonesboro at the 55th national percentile for risk to structures, modestly above the national average for wildfire risk — a score built from 2,158 actual buildings. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Jonesboro's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 56th percentile nationally.
Where Jonesboro's buildings actually sit
Indirect exposure is dominant in Jonesboro (50.2% of 2,158 buildings): far enough from burnable vegetation to avoid flame contact, close enough for wind-blown embers. Only 49.8% sit in the Direct zone.
Where Jonesboro ranks
Jonesboro's risk sits at a similar level relative to Louisiana (66th percentile statewide) as it does nationally (55th) — this place isn't unusual for its own state either way. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Jonesboro ranks 14,056 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 7,045 by building count (1 is largest). Within Louisiana alone, it ranks 164 of 488 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Louisiana on its state page.
What this risk score means for insurance
Jonesboro's elevated wildfire rating (55th 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.
What would actually reduce this score
Because 50.2% of Jonesboro'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
Every one of the two percentiles behind Jonesboro's 14,056-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. For more on what indirect exposure implies beyond Jonesboro, see the exposure-zones guide.