Calhoun, LA
Calhoun, LA's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Out of every US place USFS scores, Calhoun lands at the 49th percentile for wildfire risk to structures — modestly above the national average for wildfire risk — a figure built from its 474 buildings, not the land around them. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Calhoun's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 50th percentile nationally.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
USFS puts 55.5% of Calhoun's 474 buildings in the Indirect exposure zone, versus 44.5% Direct and 0% Minimal — a place where the fire doesn't need to reach the structure directly for embers to.
How Calhoun compares
Calhoun scores 49th nationally and 56th 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, Calhoun ranks 16,044 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 17,812 by building count (1 is largest). Within Louisiana alone, it ranks 215 of 488 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Louisiana on its state page.
What this risk score means for insurance
Calhoun's elevated wildfire rating (49th 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.
What would actually reduce this score
Because 55.5% of Calhoun's buildings sit in the Indirect zone, sealing the ember pathway (vents, roofing, gutters) is the intervention this page's data actually supports — see the home-hardening guide.
Where Calhoun's figures come from
Calhoun's 49th-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 Calhoun's dominant indirect exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.