Bayou Vista, LA
Bayou Vista, LA's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Bayou Vista sits at the 15th percentile nationally for wildfire risk to structures — among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally — per USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model, built from its 2,125 counted buildings, not vegetation cover alone. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Bayou Vista's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 15th percentile nationally.
Bayou Vista's building exposure, zone by zone
Most of Bayou Vista's buildings (97.9%) sit in the Indirect zone, where wind-blown embers rather than flame front are the mechanism USFS is scoring — ember-resistant vents and non-combustible roofing are the interventions this pattern favors, more than defensible space alone.
How Bayou Vista compares
There's little gap between Bayou Vista's 15th national percentile and its 13th percentile inside Louisiana, which means the state comparison mostly confirms what the national score already shows. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Bayou Vista ranks 26,658 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 7,128 by building count (1 is largest). Within Louisiana alone, it ranks 424 of 488 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Louisiana on its state page.
Bayou Vista and the insurance market
At the 15th national percentile, Bayou Vista rates low for wildfire risk — well short of the threshold where insurers have been withdrawing coverage, though comparing a quote costs nothing either way.
Hardening a home in Bayou Vista
Because 97.9% of Bayou Vista'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 Bayou Vista's figures come from
Every one of the two percentiles behind Bayou Vista's 26,658-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Bayou Vista's dominant indirect exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.