North La Junta, CO
North La Junta, CO's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Out of every US place USFS scores, North La Junta lands at the 72nd percentile for wildfire risk to structures — well above the national norm for wildfire risk — a figure built from its 508 buildings, not the land around them. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, North La Junta's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 72nd percentile nationally.
North La Junta's building exposure, zone by zone
Indirect exposure is dominant in North La Junta (47.1% of 508 buildings): far enough from burnable vegetation to avoid flame contact, close enough for wind-blown embers. Only 31.9% sit in the Direct zone.
North La Junta against the rest of the country
North La Junta's 72nd national percentile looks worse in isolation than its 40th ranking inside Colorado does — this place is on the milder end for its own state, by 32 points. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, North La Junta ranks 8,753 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 17,205 by building count (1 is largest). Within Colorado alone, it ranks 282 of 472 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Colorado on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in North La Junta
North La Junta's high rating (72nd 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
North La Junta's 47.1% 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 North La Junta's figures come from
Every one of the two percentiles behind North La Junta's 8,753-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what North La Junta's dominant indirect exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.