Berwick, LA
Berwick, LA's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Out of every US place USFS scores, Berwick lands at the 15th percentile for wildfire risk to structures — among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally — a figure built from its 2,235 buildings, not the land around them. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Berwick at the 15th percentile, close to its 15th-percentile risk score.
Where Berwick's buildings actually sit
89.9% of Berwick's 2,235 buildings fall in USFS's Indirect exposure zone — ember cast rather than direct flame — against 9.4% Direct and 0.7% Minimal. Vent screens and roofing material matter more here than lot clearing alone.
Berwick against the rest of the country
There's little gap between Berwick'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, Berwick ranks 26,659 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 6,854 by building count (1 is largest). Within Louisiana alone, it ranks 425 of 488 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Louisiana on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Berwick
Berwick's low rating (15th 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 Berwick
Berwick's 89.9% 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.
More on how this number was built
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 2,235 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Berwick. For more on what indirect exposure implies beyond Berwick, see the exposure-zones guide.