Carencro, LA
How exposed is Carencro to wildfire?
Carencro sits at the 46th percentile nationally for wildfire risk to structures — modestly above the national average for wildfire risk — per USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model, built from its 4,552 counted buildings, not vegetation cover alone. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Carencro's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 50th percentile nationally.
Carencro's building exposure, zone by zone
39.6% of Carencro's 4,552 buildings sit in USFS's Direct exposure zone, roughly 1,804 structures close enough to burnable vegetation for flame contact, not just embers — 28.2% fall in the Indirect, ember-only zone and 32.2% are Minimal.
Where Carencro ranks
Carencro scores 46th nationally and 50th 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, Carencro ranks 16,889 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 3,749 by building count (1 is largest). Within Louisiana alone, it ranks 245 of 488 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Louisiana on its state page.
Carencro and the insurance market
Carencro's elevated rating (46th 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
With 39.6% of Carencro 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.
More on how this number was built
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 4,552 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Carencro. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Carencro, see the exposure-zones guide.