Bonita, LA
Bonita wildfire risk explained
USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model puts Bonita at the 46th national percentile for risk to structures, modestly above the national average for wildfire risk — a score built from 189 actual buildings. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Bonita at the 47th percentile, close to its 46th-percentile risk score.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
USFS classifies 62.4% of Bonita's buildings as Direct exposure, higher than its 37.6% Indirect share and far above its 0% Minimal share — a profile where 118 structures sit close enough to vegetation that lot clearing matters most.
How Bonita compares
Bonita scores 46th nationally and 50th 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, Bonita ranks 16,927 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 25,280 by building count (1 is largest). Within Louisiana alone, it ranks 247 of 488 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Louisiana on its state page.
Bonita and the insurance market
Bonita's elevated wildfire rating (46th 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
Because Direct exposure dominates in Bonita (62.4%), the highest-leverage fix is defensible space, not roofing or vents alone — covered in the home-hardening guide.
Where Bonita's figures come from
Every one of the two percentiles behind Bonita's 16,927-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Bonita's dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.