Delacroix, LA
How exposed is Delacroix to wildfire?
Delacroix's 122 buildings earn a 48th-percentile wildfire-risk score nationally under USFS's model — modestly above the national average for wildfire risk. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Delacroix at the 33rd percentile, lower than its 48th-percentile risk score, because so much is actually built here.
Where Delacroix's buildings actually sit
122 buildings are counted in Delacroix, and 50% of them are Indirect exposure — ember-driven risk rather than the 48.4% in Direct exposure or the 1.6% rated Minimal.
How Delacroix compares
Delacroix scores 48th nationally and 52nd 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, Delacroix ranks 16,508 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 28,063 by building count (1 is largest). Within Louisiana alone, it ranks 233 of 488 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Louisiana on its state page.
Delacroix and the insurance market
Delacroix's elevated wildfire rating (48th 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
Delacroix's 50% 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 Delacroix's figures come from
Delacroix's 48th-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 Delacroix's dominant indirect exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.