Delhi, LA
Delhi, LA's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model puts Delhi at the 49th national percentile for risk to structures, modestly above the national average for wildfire risk — a score built from 1,478 actual buildings. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Delhi at the 48th national percentile — 1 points below its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
57.4% of Delhi's 1,478 buildings fall in USFS's Indirect exposure zone — ember cast rather than direct flame — against 42.6% Direct and 0% Minimal. Vent screens and roofing material matter more here than lot clearing alone.
Delhi against the rest of the country
Delhi's risk sits at a similar level relative to Louisiana (56th percentile statewide) as it does nationally (49th) — this place isn't unusual for its own state either way. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Delhi ranks 16,045 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 9,263 by building count (1 is largest). Within Louisiana alone, it ranks 216 of 488 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Louisiana on its state page.
What this risk score means for insurance
Delhi's elevated wildfire rating (49th 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.
What would actually reduce this score
With ember exposure the dominant pattern in Delhi (57.4% Indirect), vent screens and roofing material tend to matter more than lot clearing alone. The home-hardening guide covers both.
More on how this number was built
Delhi's 49th-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 Delhi, see the exposure-zones guide.