Delta, LA
Delta wildfire risk explained
USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model puts Delta at the 36th national percentile for risk to structures, close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range — a score built from 118 actual buildings. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Delta at the 36th national percentile — 1 points above its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Delta's building exposure, zone by zone
50% of Delta's 118 buildings sit in USFS's Direct exposure zone, roughly 59 structures close enough to burnable vegetation for flame contact, not just embers — 50% fall in the Indirect, ember-only zone and 0% are Minimal.
Where Delta ranks
Delta scores 36th nationally and 34th 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, Delta ranks 20,292 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 28,246 by building count (1 is largest). Within Louisiana alone, it ranks 322 of 488 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Louisiana on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Delta
Delta'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 Delta
Because Direct exposure dominates in Delta (50%), the highest-leverage fix is defensible space, not roofing or vents alone — covered in the home-hardening guide.
More on how this number was built
Delta'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 direct exposure implies beyond Delta, see the exposure-zones guide.