Jonesville, LA
How exposed is Jonesville to wildfire?
Jonesville sits at the 23rd 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 1,250 counted buildings, not vegetation cover alone. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Jonesville at the 23rd national percentile — 0 points below its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
USFS puts 78.2% of Jonesville's 1,250 buildings in the Indirect exposure zone, versus 21.8% Direct and 0% Minimal — a place where the fire doesn't need to reach the structure directly for embers to.
How Jonesville compares
Jonesville scores 23rd nationally and 23rd within Louisiana — close enough that its state context doesn't change the picture the national number already gives. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Jonesville ranks 24,266 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 10,351 by building count (1 is largest). Within Louisiana alone, it ranks 373 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
Jonesville's moderate wildfire rating (23rd 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
Jonesville's 78.2% Indirect-exposure share points at embers, not flame contact, as the main pathway — ember-resistant vents and non-combustible roofing rank ahead of defensible space here. Detail in the home-hardening guide.
More on how this number was built
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 1,250 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Jonesville. For more on what indirect exposure implies beyond Jonesville, see the exposure-zones guide.