Oak Ridge, LA
Oak Ridge wildfire risk explained
USFS scores Oak Ridge at the 14th national percentile for wildfire risk to structures (among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally), a figure built from 152 real buildings rather than raw vegetation cover. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Oak Ridge at the 14th percentile, close to its 14th-percentile risk score.
Oak Ridge's building exposure, zone by zone
USFS classifies 50% of Oak Ridge's buildings as Direct exposure, higher than its 4.6% Indirect share and far above its 45.4% Minimal share — a profile where 76 structures sit close enough to vegetation that lot clearing matters most.
Oak Ridge against the rest of the country
Oak Ridge scores 14th nationally and 12th 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, Oak Ridge ranks 26,946 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 26,806 by building count (1 is largest). Within Louisiana alone, it ranks 431 of 488 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Louisiana on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Oak Ridge
Oak Ridge's low wildfire rating (14th 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
Oak Ridge's 50% Direct-exposure share means lot clearing around the structure typically outweighs any single material upgrade here. The home-hardening guide ranks the options for a place shaped like this.
Where Oak Ridge's figures come from
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 152 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Oak Ridge. The exposure-zones guide covers what Oak Ridge's dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.