Destrehan, LA
Destrehan wildfire risk explained
Out of every US place USFS scores, Destrehan lands at the 38th percentile for wildfire risk to structures — close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range — a figure built from its 4,488 buildings, not the land around them. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Destrehan at the 30th national percentile — 8 points below its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Destrehan's building exposure, zone by zone
Most of Destrehan's buildings (81.4%) sit in the Indirect zone, where wind-blown embers rather than flame front are the mechanism USFS is scoring — ember-resistant vents and non-combustible roofing are the interventions this pattern favors, more than defensible space alone.
How Destrehan compares
Destrehan scores 38th nationally and 37th 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, Destrehan ranks 19,566 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 3,804 by building count (1 is largest). Within Louisiana alone, it ranks 310 of 488 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Louisiana on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Destrehan
Destrehan's moderate wildfire rating (38th 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.
Hardening a home in Destrehan
Destrehan's 81.4% 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 4,488 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Destrehan. For more on what indirect exposure implies beyond Destrehan, see the exposure-zones guide.