Boothville, LA
Boothville wildfire risk explained
USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model puts Boothville at the 45th national percentile for risk to structures, modestly above the national average for wildfire risk — a score built from 813 actual buildings. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Boothville at the 29th national percentile — 16 points below its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Where Boothville's buildings actually sit
84.3% of Boothville's 813 buildings fall in USFS's Indirect exposure zone — ember cast rather than direct flame — against 15.6% Direct and 0.1% Minimal. Vent screens and roofing material matter more here than lot clearing alone.
Boothville against the rest of the country
There's little gap between Boothville's 45th national percentile and its 47th percentile inside Louisiana, which means the state comparison mostly confirms what the national score already shows. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Boothville ranks 17,360 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 13,522 by building count (1 is largest). Within Louisiana alone, it ranks 259 of 488 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Louisiana on its state page.
Boothville and the insurance market
At the 45th national percentile, Boothville rates elevated 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 Boothville
Boothville's 84.3% 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 813 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Boothville. For more on what indirect exposure implies beyond Boothville, see the exposure-zones guide.