Collinston, LA
Collinston, LA's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Out of every US place USFS scores, Collinston lands at the 47th percentile for wildfire risk to structures — modestly above the national average for wildfire risk — a figure built from its 185 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 Collinston at the 46th percentile, close to its 47th-percentile risk score.
Collinston's building exposure, zone by zone
53% of Collinston's 185 buildings fall in USFS's Indirect exposure zone — ember cast rather than direct flame — against 47% Direct and 0% Minimal. Vent screens and roofing material matter more here than lot clearing alone.
Collinston against the rest of the country
There's little gap between Collinston's 47th national percentile and its 51st percentile inside Louisiana, which means the state comparison mostly confirms what the national score already shows. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Collinston ranks 16,730 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 25,418 by building count (1 is largest). Within Louisiana alone, it ranks 240 of 488 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Louisiana on its state page.
Collinston and the insurance market
At the 47th national percentile, Collinston rates elevated for wildfire risk — well short of the threshold where insurers have been withdrawing coverage, though comparing a quote costs nothing either way.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
Because 53% of Collinston'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 Collinston's figures come from
Every one of the two percentiles behind Collinston's 16,730-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Collinston's dominant indirect exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.