Bayou Country Club, LA
How exposed is Bayou Country Club to wildfire?
USFS scores Bayou Country Club at the 11th national percentile for wildfire risk to structures (among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally), a figure built from 598 real buildings rather than raw vegetation cover. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Bayou Country Club at the 12th national percentile — 0 points above its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Where Bayou Country Club's buildings actually sit
Indirect exposure is dominant in Bayou Country Club (91.1% of 598 buildings): far enough from burnable vegetation to avoid flame contact, close enough for wind-blown embers. Only 3.7% sit in the Direct zone.
Bayou Country Club against the rest of the country
Bayou Country Club scores 11th nationally and 7th 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, Bayou Country Club ranks 27,982 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 15,862 by building count (1 is largest). Within Louisiana alone, it ranks 455 of 488 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Louisiana on its state page.
Bayou Country Club and the insurance market
Bayou Country Club's low rating (11th percentile nationally) sits outside the range where wildfire risk alone reshapes an insurance market — still, a homeowner here loses nothing by comparing rates.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
With ember exposure the dominant pattern in Bayou Country Club (91.1% Indirect), vent screens and roofing material tend to matter more than lot clearing alone. The home-hardening guide covers both.
Where Bayou Country Club's figures come from
Bayou Country Club's 11th-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 Bayou Country Club's dominant indirect exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.