Old Jefferson, LA
How exposed is Old Jefferson to wildfire?
USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model puts Old Jefferson at the 20th national percentile for risk to structures, close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range — a score built from 3,257 actual buildings. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Old Jefferson's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 21st percentile nationally.
Old Jefferson's building exposure, zone by zone
USFS classifies 79.9% of Old Jefferson's buildings as Minimal exposure, the largest of the three zones here by a wide margin over 11.5% Direct and 8.6% Indirect — a landscape-level risk rather than a building-by-building one.
Old Jefferson against the rest of the country
There's little gap between Old Jefferson's 20th national percentile and its 20th percentile inside Louisiana, which means the state comparison mostly confirms what the national score already shows. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Old Jefferson ranks 25,117 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 5,093 by building count (1 is largest). Within Louisiana alone, it ranks 391 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
Old Jefferson's moderate rating (20th percentile nationally) sits outside the range where wildfire risk alone reshapes an insurance market — still, a homeowner here loses nothing by comparing rates.
Hardening a home in Old Jefferson
Old Jefferson's 79.9% Minimal-exposure share means structure-level hardening matters less here than it would elsewhere — still worth the low-cost basics, per the home-hardening guide.
More on how this number was built
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 3,257 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Old Jefferson. For more on what minimal exposure implies beyond Old Jefferson, see the exposure-zones guide.