Broussard, LA
How exposed is Broussard to wildfire?
USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model puts Broussard at the 34th national percentile for risk to structures, close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range — a score built from 7,169 actual buildings. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Broussard at the 38th national percentile — 3 points above its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Broussard's building exposure, zone by zone
58.3% of Broussard's 7,169 buildings sit in USFS's Minimal exposure zone, with only 22.6% rated Direct — risk here comes from regional burn probability more than proximity to burnable vegetation at the structure itself. At 7,169 buildings, this is a substantial built environment, so the shares below describe a real population of structures, not a handful of edge cases.
Where Broussard ranks
Broussard scores 34th nationally and 33rd 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, Broussard ranks 20,731 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 2,388 by building count (1 is largest). Within Louisiana alone, it ranks 327 of 488 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Louisiana on its state page.
Broussard and the insurance market
At the 34th national percentile, Broussard rates moderate for wildfire risk — well short of the threshold where insurers have been withdrawing coverage, though comparing a quote costs nothing either way.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
With 58.3% of buildings rated Minimal exposure, Broussard gets less benefit from structure hardening than a Direct- or Indirect-dominant place would — the home-hardening guide explains why the zone matters.
Where Broussard's figures come from
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 7,169 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Broussard. The exposure-zones guide covers what Broussard's dominant minimal exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.