Bourg, LA
Bourg, LA's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
USFS scores Bourg at the 25th national percentile for wildfire risk to structures (close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range), a figure built from 1,462 real buildings rather than raw vegetation cover. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Bourg at the 23rd national percentile — 2 points below its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Where Bourg's buildings actually sit
Indirect exposure is dominant in Bourg (64.2% of 1,462 buildings): far enough from burnable vegetation to avoid flame contact, close enough for wind-blown embers. Only 35.8% sit in the Direct zone.
Where Bourg ranks
Bourg's risk sits at a similar level relative to Louisiana (26th percentile statewide) as it does nationally (25th) — this place isn't unusual for its own state either way. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Bourg ranks 23,569 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 9,338 by building count (1 is largest). Within Louisiana alone, it ranks 363 of 488 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Louisiana on its state page.
Bourg and the insurance market
Bourg's moderate rating (25th percentile nationally) sits outside the range where wildfire risk alone reshapes an insurance market — still, a homeowner here loses nothing by comparing rates.
What would actually reduce this score
Bourg's 64.2% 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.
Where Bourg's figures come from
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 1,462 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Bourg. The exposure-zones guide covers what Bourg's dominant indirect exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.