Bawcomville, LA
How exposed is Bawcomville to wildfire?
Bawcomville's 1,995 buildings earn a 43rd-percentile wildfire-risk score nationally under USFS's model — modestly above the national average for wildfire risk. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Bawcomville at the 44th percentile, close to its 43rd-percentile risk score.
Bawcomville's building exposure, zone by zone
USFS puts 84% of Bawcomville's 1,995 buildings in the Indirect exposure zone, versus 5.2% Direct and 10.8% Minimal — a place where the fire doesn't need to reach the structure directly for embers to.
How Bawcomville compares
There's little gap between Bawcomville'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, Bawcomville ranks 17,986 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 7,490 by building count (1 is largest). Within Louisiana alone, it ranks 275 of 488 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Louisiana on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Bawcomville
Bawcomville's elevated wildfire rating (43rd 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.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
Bawcomville's 84% Indirect-exposure share points at embers, not flame contact, as the main pathway — ember-resistant vents and non-combustible roofing rank ahead of defensible space here. Detail in the home-hardening guide.
Where Bawcomville's figures come from
Bawcomville's 43rd-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 Bawcomville's dominant indirect exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.