Crowley, LA
Crowley wildfire risk explained
Crowley's 6,423 buildings earn a 36th-percentile wildfire-risk score nationally under USFS's model — close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Crowley's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 38th percentile nationally.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
47.2% of Crowley's 6,423 buildings fall in USFS's Indirect exposure zone — ember cast rather than direct flame — against 6.2% Direct and 46.6% Minimal. Vent screens and roofing material matter more here than lot clearing alone. At 6,423 buildings, this is a substantial built environment, so the shares below describe a real population of structures, not a handful of edge cases.
Crowley against the rest of the country
Crowley's risk sits at a similar level relative to Louisiana (34th percentile statewide) as it does nationally (36th) — this place isn't unusual for its own state either way. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Crowley ranks 20,040 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 2,698 by building count (1 is largest). Within Louisiana alone, it ranks 321 of 488 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Louisiana on its state page.
Crowley and the insurance market
Crowley's moderate rating (36th percentile nationally) sits outside the range where wildfire risk alone reshapes an insurance market — still, a homeowner here loses nothing by comparing rates.
Hardening a home in Crowley
Crowley's 47.2% 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.
More on how this number was built
Crowley's 36th-percentile score and its burn-probability figure both come from the same USFS workbook, documented in the methodology guide. For more on what indirect exposure implies beyond Crowley, see the exposure-zones guide.