Deville, LA
How exposed is Deville to wildfire?
USFS scores Deville at the 56th national percentile for wildfire risk to structures (modestly above the national average for wildfire risk), a figure built from 1,177 real buildings rather than raw vegetation cover. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Deville at the 57th national percentile — 1 points above its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Deville's building exposure, zone by zone
99.1% of Deville's 1,177 buildings sit in USFS's Direct exposure zone, roughly 1,166 structures close enough to burnable vegetation for flame contact, not just embers — 0.9% fall in the Indirect, ember-only zone and 0% are Minimal.
Deville against the rest of the country
Deville scores 56th nationally and 69th 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, Deville ranks 13,770 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 10,784 by building count (1 is largest). Within Louisiana alone, it ranks 154 of 488 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Louisiana on its state page.
Deville and the insurance market
At the 56th national percentile, Deville rates elevated for wildfire risk — well short of the threshold where insurers have been withdrawing coverage, though comparing a quote costs nothing either way.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
Deville's 99.1% Direct-exposure share means lot clearing around the structure typically outweighs any single material upgrade here. The home-hardening guide ranks the options for a place shaped like this.
Where Deville's figures come from
Deville's 56th-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 Deville's dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.