Barataria, LA
Barataria wildfire risk explained
Barataria sits at the 58th percentile nationally for wildfire risk to structures — modestly above the national average for wildfire risk — per USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model, built from its 866 counted buildings, not vegetation cover alone. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Barataria at the 46th percentile, lower than its 58th-percentile risk score, because so much is actually built here.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
Indirect exposure is dominant in Barataria (55.1% of 866 buildings): far enough from burnable vegetation to avoid flame contact, close enough for wind-blown embers. Only 35.8% sit in the Direct zone.
How Barataria compares
There's little gap between Barataria'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, Barataria ranks 13,240 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 13,022 by building count (1 is largest). Within Louisiana alone, it ranks 140 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
Barataria's elevated wildfire rating (58th 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
Because 55.1% of Barataria'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 Barataria's figures come from
Every one of the two percentiles behind Barataria's 13,240-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Barataria's dominant indirect exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.