Cade, LA
How exposed is Cade to wildfire?
Out of every US place USFS scores, Cade lands at the 39th percentile for wildfire risk to structures — close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range — a figure built from its 1,428 buildings, not the land around them. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Cade at the 42nd percentile, close to its 39th-percentile risk score.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
80.9% of Cade's 1,428 buildings sit in USFS's Direct exposure zone, roughly 1,155 structures close enough to burnable vegetation for flame contact, not just embers — 19.1% fall in the Indirect, ember-only zone and 0.1% are Minimal.
Cade against the rest of the country
Cade's risk sits at a similar level relative to Louisiana (37th percentile statewide) as it does nationally (39th) — this place isn't unusual for its own state either way. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Cade ranks 19,341 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 9,485 by building count (1 is largest). Within Louisiana alone, it ranks 305 of 488 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Louisiana on its state page.
Cade and the insurance market
Cade's moderate rating (39th percentile nationally) sits outside the range where wildfire risk alone reshapes an insurance market — still, a homeowner here loses nothing by comparing rates.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
With 80.9% of Cade in Direct exposure, defensible-space clearing and ember-resistant construction (vents, Class-A roofing) address the exposure this page's own numbers describe, not a generic checklist. See the home-hardening guide.
Where Cade's figures come from
Cade's 39th-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 Cade's dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.