Brusly, LA
Brusly wildfire risk explained
Brusly's 1,391 buildings earn a 16th-percentile wildfire-risk score nationally under USFS's model — among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Brusly at the 16th national percentile — 1 points above its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
USFS puts 65.2% of Brusly's 1,391 buildings in the Indirect exposure zone, versus 34.7% Direct and 0.1% Minimal — a place where the fire doesn't need to reach the structure directly for embers to.
Where Brusly ranks
Brusly scores 16th nationally and 13th 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, Brusly ranks 26,596 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 9,668 by building count (1 is largest). Within Louisiana alone, it ranks 423 of 488 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Louisiana on its state page.
Brusly and the insurance market
Brusly's low wildfire rating (16th 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.
Hardening a home in Brusly
With ember exposure the dominant pattern in Brusly (65.2% Indirect), vent screens and roofing material tend to matter more than lot clearing alone. The home-hardening guide covers both.
Where Brusly's figures come from
Brusly's 16th-percentile score and its burn-probability figure both come from the same USFS workbook, documented in the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Brusly's dominant indirect exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.