Bastrop, LA
Bastrop wildfire risk explained
USFS scores Bastrop at the 57th national percentile for wildfire risk to structures (modestly above the national average for wildfire risk), a figure built from 4,971 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 Bastrop at the 57th percentile, close to its 57th-percentile risk score.
Bastrop's building exposure, zone by zone
Of Bastrop's 4,971 counted buildings, 52.9% carry Direct exposure and only 3.5% carry Minimal — a lopsided split that puts defensible-space clearing ahead of vents or roofing as the intervention worth doing first.
Bastrop against the rest of the country
Bastrop scores 57th nationally and 70th 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, Bastrop ranks 13,545 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 3,445 by building count (1 is largest). Within Louisiana alone, it ranks 148 of 488 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Louisiana on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Bastrop
Bastrop's elevated rating (57th 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 Bastrop
With 52.9% of Bastrop in Direct exposure, defensible-space clearing and ember-resistant construction (vents, Class-A roofing) address the exposure this page's own numbers describe, not a generic checklist. See the home-hardening guide.
Where Bastrop's figures come from
Bastrop's 57th-percentile score and its burn-probability figure both come from the same USFS workbook, documented in the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Bastrop's dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.