Cecilia, LA
How exposed is Cecilia to wildfire?
Cecilia's 1,186 buildings earn a 10th-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 Cecilia at the 11th national percentile — 1 points above its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Where Cecilia's buildings actually sit
1,186 buildings are counted in Cecilia, and 53.7% of them are Indirect exposure — ember-driven risk rather than the 42.5% in Direct exposure or the 3.8% rated Minimal.
Where Cecilia ranks
Cecilia scores 10th nationally and 4th 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, Cecilia ranks 28,492 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 10,729 by building count (1 is largest). Within Louisiana alone, it ranks 470 of 488 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Louisiana on its state page.
Cecilia and the insurance market
Cecilia's low wildfire rating (10th 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.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
Cecilia's 53.7% Indirect-exposure share points at embers, not flame contact, as the main pathway — ember-resistant vents and non-combustible roofing rank ahead of defensible space here. Detail in the home-hardening guide.
Where Cecilia's figures come from
Every one of the two percentiles behind Cecilia's 28,492-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Cecilia's dominant indirect exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.