Alexandria, LA
Alexandria wildfire risk explained
USFS scores Alexandria at the 58th national percentile for wildfire risk to structures (modestly above the national average for wildfire risk), a figure built from 20,889 real buildings rather than raw vegetation cover. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Alexandria's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 59th percentile nationally.
Where Alexandria's buildings actually sit
50.8% of Alexandria's 20,889 buildings fall in USFS's Indirect exposure zone — ember cast rather than direct flame — against 6.1% Direct and 43.1% Minimal. Vent screens and roofing material matter more here than lot clearing alone. At 20,889 buildings, this is a substantial built environment, so the shares below describe a real population of structures, not a handful of edge cases.
Alexandria against the rest of the country
There's little gap between Alexandria's 58th national percentile and its 72nd percentile inside Louisiana, which means the state comparison mostly confirms what the national score already shows. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Alexandria ranks 13,239 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 672 by building count (1 is largest). Within Louisiana alone, it ranks 139 of 488 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Louisiana on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Alexandria
Alexandria's elevated rating (58th percentile nationally) sits outside the range where wildfire risk alone reshapes an insurance market — still, a homeowner here loses nothing by comparing rates.
What would actually reduce this score
Because 50.8% of Alexandria's buildings sit in the Indirect zone, sealing the ember pathway (vents, roofing, gutters) is the intervention this page's data actually supports — see the home-hardening guide.
Where Alexandria's figures come from
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 20,889 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Alexandria. The exposure-zones guide covers what Alexandria's dominant indirect exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.