Clarks, LA
How exposed is Clarks to wildfire?
USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model puts Clarks at the 57th national percentile for risk to structures, modestly above the national average for wildfire risk — a score built from 352 actual buildings. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Clarks's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 57th percentile nationally.
Clarks's building exposure, zone by zone
USFS classifies 72.4% of Clarks's buildings as Direct exposure, higher than its 27.6% Indirect share and far above its 0% Minimal share — a profile where 255 structures sit close enough to vegetation that lot clearing matters most.
Where Clarks ranks
Clarks scores 57th nationally and 69th 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, Clarks ranks 13,671 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 20,260 by building count (1 is largest). Within Louisiana alone, it ranks 152 of 488 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Louisiana on its state page.
Clarks and the insurance market
Clarks's elevated rating (57th 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 72.4% of Clarks 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 Clarks's figures come from
Clarks's 57th-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 Clarks's dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.