Baskin, LA
Baskin, LA's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Out of every US place USFS scores, Baskin lands at the 43rd percentile for wildfire risk to structures — modestly above the national average for wildfire risk — a figure built from its 182 buildings, not the land around them. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Baskin at the 44th percentile, close to its 43rd-percentile risk score.
Baskin's building exposure, zone by zone
USFS classifies 76.4% of Baskin's buildings as Direct exposure, higher than its 23.6% Indirect share and far above its 0% Minimal share — a profile where 139 structures sit close enough to vegetation that lot clearing matters most.
How Baskin compares
There's little gap between Baskin's 43rd national percentile and its 44th percentile inside Louisiana, which means the state comparison mostly confirms what the national score already shows. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Baskin ranks 17,864 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 25,537 by building count (1 is largest). Within Louisiana alone, it ranks 272 of 488 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Louisiana on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Baskin
At the 43rd national percentile, Baskin rates elevated for wildfire risk — well short of the threshold where insurers have been withdrawing coverage, though comparing a quote costs nothing either way.
What would actually reduce this score
Because Direct exposure dominates in Baskin (76.4%), the highest-leverage fix is defensible space, not roofing or vents alone — covered in the home-hardening guide.
More on how this number was built
Every one of the two percentiles behind Baskin's 17,864-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Baskin, see the exposure-zones guide.