East Hodge, LA
East Hodge, LA's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
USFS scores East Hodge at the 54th national percentile for wildfire risk to structures (modestly above the national average for wildfire risk), a figure built from 142 real buildings rather than raw vegetation cover. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks East Hodge at the 54th national percentile — 0 points above its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
East Hodge's building exposure, zone by zone
USFS classifies 59.2% of East Hodge's buildings as Direct exposure, higher than its 40.9% Indirect share and far above its 0% Minimal share — a profile where 84 structures sit close enough to vegetation that lot clearing matters most.
How East Hodge compares
East Hodge's risk sits at a similar level relative to Louisiana (65th percentile statewide) as it does nationally (54th) — this place isn't unusual for its own state either way. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, East Hodge ranks 14,493 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 27,208 by building count (1 is largest). Within Louisiana alone, it ranks 171 of 488 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Louisiana on its state page.
East Hodge and the insurance market
East Hodge's elevated wildfire rating (54th 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
East Hodge's 59.2% 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 East Hodge's figures come from
Every one of the two percentiles behind East Hodge's 14,493-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what East Hodge's dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.