Edgefield, LA
Edgefield, LA's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Edgefield's 118 buildings earn a 53rd-percentile wildfire-risk score nationally under USFS's model — modestly above the national average for wildfire risk. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Edgefield at the 54th percentile, close to its 53rd-percentile risk score.
Edgefield's building exposure, zone by zone
118 buildings are counted in Edgefield, and 87.3% of them sit in USFS's Direct exposure zone — flame contact, not just ember cast, is the live possibility for most of them, against 0% rated Minimal.
Edgefield against the rest of the country
Edgefield'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, Edgefield ranks 14,936 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 28,247 by building count (1 is largest). Within Louisiana alone, it ranks 185 of 488 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Louisiana on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Edgefield
At the 53rd national percentile, Edgefield rates elevated for wildfire risk — well short of the threshold where insurers have been withdrawing coverage, though comparing a quote costs nothing either way.
What would actually reduce this score
Edgefield's 87.3% 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 Edgefield's figures come from
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 118 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Edgefield. The exposure-zones guide covers what Edgefield's dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.