Darrow, LA
Darrow wildfire risk explained
Out of every US place USFS scores, Darrow lands at the 21st percentile for wildfire risk to structures — close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range — a figure built from its 133 buildings, not the land around them. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Darrow at the 23rd national percentile — 2 points above its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Where Darrow's buildings actually sit
133 buildings are counted in Darrow, and 85.7% of them are Indirect exposure — ember-driven risk rather than the 14.3% in Direct exposure or the 0% rated Minimal.
Darrow against the rest of the country
Darrow's risk sits at a similar level relative to Louisiana (21st percentile statewide) as it does nationally (21st) — this place isn't unusual for its own state either way. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Darrow ranks 24,767 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 27,581 by building count (1 is largest). Within Louisiana alone, it ranks 384 of 488 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Louisiana on its state page.
Darrow and the insurance market
Darrow's moderate rating (21st 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 Darrow
Because 85.7% of Darrow'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 Darrow's figures come from
Darrow's 21st-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 Darrow's dominant indirect exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.