Junction City, LA
Junction City wildfire risk explained
USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model puts Junction City at the 49th national percentile for risk to structures, modestly above the national average for wildfire risk — a score built from 337 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 Junction City at the 50th percentile, close to its 49th-percentile risk score.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
Most of Junction City's buildings (78.6%) sit in the Indirect zone, where wind-blown embers rather than flame front are the mechanism USFS is scoring — ember-resistant vents and non-combustible roofing are the interventions this pattern favors, more than defensible space alone.
Where Junction City ranks
Junction City scores 49th nationally and 55th 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, Junction City ranks 16,230 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 20,658 by building count (1 is largest). Within Louisiana alone, it ranks 220 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
At the 49th national percentile, Junction City rates elevated for wildfire risk — well short of the threshold where insurers have been withdrawing coverage, though comparing a quote costs nothing either way.
Hardening a home in Junction City
Junction City's 78.6% 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.
Where Junction City's figures come from
Every one of the two percentiles behind Junction City's 16,230-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Junction City's dominant indirect exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.