Downsville, LA
Downsville wildfire risk explained
USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model puts Downsville at the 53rd national percentile for risk to structures, modestly above the national average for wildfire risk — a score built from 104 actual buildings. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Downsville's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 53rd percentile nationally.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
Of Downsville's 104 counted buildings, 78.9% carry Direct exposure and only 0% carry Minimal — a lopsided split that puts defensible-space clearing ahead of vents or roofing as the intervention worth doing first.
How Downsville compares
Downsville's risk sits at a similar level relative to Louisiana (62nd percentile statewide) as it does nationally (53rd) — this place isn't unusual for its own state either way. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Downsville ranks 14,935 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 28,846 by building count (1 is largest). Within Louisiana alone, it ranks 184 of 488 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Louisiana on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Downsville
Downsville's elevated wildfire rating (53rd 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.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
With 78.9% of Downsville in Direct exposure, defensible-space clearing and ember-resistant construction (vents, Class-A roofing) address the exposure this page's own numbers describe, not a generic checklist. See the home-hardening guide.
More on how this number was built
Every one of the two percentiles behind Downsville's 14,935-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Downsville, see the exposure-zones guide.