Belle Chasse, LA
Belle Chasse, LA's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Out of every US place USFS scores, Belle Chasse lands at the 33rd percentile for wildfire risk to structures — close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range — a figure built from its 5,514 buildings, not the land around them. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Belle Chasse's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 32nd percentile nationally.
Where Belle Chasse's buildings actually sit
47.6% of Belle Chasse's 5,514 buildings sit in USFS's Minimal exposure zone, with only 8.7% rated Direct — risk here comes from regional burn probability more than proximity to burnable vegetation at the structure itself. At 5,514 buildings, this is a substantial built environment, so the shares below describe a real population of structures, not a handful of edge cases.
How Belle Chasse compares
There's little gap between Belle Chasse's 33rd national percentile and its 32nd percentile inside Louisiana, which means the state comparison mostly confirms what the national score already shows. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Belle Chasse ranks 21,176 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 3,121 by building count (1 is largest). Within Louisiana alone, it ranks 334 of 488 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Louisiana on its state page.
Belle Chasse and the insurance market
Belle Chasse's moderate rating (33rd 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 Belle Chasse
With 47.6% of buildings rated Minimal exposure, Belle Chasse gets less benefit from structure hardening than a Direct- or Indirect-dominant place would — the home-hardening guide explains why the zone matters.
Where Belle Chasse's figures come from
Belle Chasse's 33rd-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 Belle Chasse's dominant minimal exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.