Des Allemands, LA
Des Allemands wildfire risk explained
USFS scores Des Allemands at the 55th national percentile for wildfire risk to structures (modestly above the national average for wildfire risk), a figure built from 1,343 real buildings rather than raw vegetation cover. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Des Allemands at the 44th percentile, lower than its 55th-percentile risk score, because so much is actually built here.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
Indirect exposure is dominant in Des Allemands (67.1% of 1,343 buildings): far enough from burnable vegetation to avoid flame contact, close enough for wind-blown embers. Only 30.9% sit in the Direct zone.
Des Allemands against the rest of the country
There's little gap between Des Allemands's 55th national percentile and its 67th percentile inside Louisiana, which means the state comparison mostly confirms what the national score already shows. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Des Allemands ranks 14,055 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 9,861 by building count (1 is largest). Within Louisiana alone, it ranks 163 of 488 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Louisiana on its state page.
Des Allemands and the insurance market
Des Allemands's elevated rating (55th percentile nationally) sits outside the range where wildfire risk alone reshapes an insurance market — still, a homeowner here loses nothing by comparing rates.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
Des Allemands's 67.1% 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
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 1,343 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Des Allemands. For more on what indirect exposure implies beyond Des Allemands, see the exposure-zones guide.