Dixie Inn, LA
How exposed is Dixie Inn to wildfire?
Out of every US place USFS scores, Dixie Inn lands at the 47th percentile for wildfire risk to structures — modestly above the national average for wildfire risk — a figure built from its 162 buildings, not the land around them. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Dixie Inn at the 48th percentile, close to its 47th-percentile risk score.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
162 buildings are counted in Dixie Inn, and 87% of them are Indirect exposure — ember-driven risk rather than the 13% in Direct exposure or the 0% rated Minimal.
How Dixie Inn compares
Dixie Inn's risk sits at a similar level relative to Louisiana (51st percentile statewide) as it does nationally (47th) — this place isn't unusual for its own state either way. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Dixie Inn ranks 16,604 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 26,338 by building count (1 is largest). Within Louisiana alone, it ranks 237 of 488 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Louisiana on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Dixie Inn
Dixie Inn's elevated wildfire rating (47th 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 Dixie Inn (87% 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
Dixie Inn's 47th-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 Dixie Inn, see the exposure-zones guide.