Dulac, LA
Dulac, LA's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Out of every US place USFS scores, Dulac lands at the 50th percentile for wildfire risk to structures — modestly above the national average for wildfire risk — a figure built from its 1,319 buildings, not the land around them. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Dulac at the 35th national percentile — 14 points below its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Where Dulac's buildings actually sit
Indirect exposure is dominant in Dulac (51.6% of 1,319 buildings): far enough from burnable vegetation to avoid flame contact, close enough for wind-blown embers. Only 44.1% sit in the Direct zone.
How Dulac compares
Dulac's risk sits at a similar level relative to Louisiana (57th percentile statewide) as it does nationally (50th) — this place isn't unusual for its own state either way. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Dulac ranks 15,914 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 9,977 by building count (1 is largest). Within Louisiana alone, it ranks 213 of 488 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Louisiana on its state page.
What this risk score means for insurance
Dulac's elevated wildfire rating (50th 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
Because 51.6% of Dulac's buildings sit in the Indirect zone, sealing the ember pathway (vents, roofing, gutters) is the intervention this page's data actually supports — see the home-hardening guide.
More on how this number was built
Dulac's 50th-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 Dulac, see the exposure-zones guide.