Epps, LA
Epps, LA's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Epps's 320 buildings earn a 42nd-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 Epps at the 41st percentile, close to its 42nd-percentile risk score.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
Of Epps's 320 counted buildings, 50.9% 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 Epps compares
Epps's risk sits at a similar level relative to Louisiana (42nd percentile statewide) as it does nationally (42nd) — this place isn't unusual for its own state either way. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Epps ranks 18,212 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 21,090 by building count (1 is largest). Within Louisiana alone, it ranks 285 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
At the 42nd national percentile, Epps 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
Epps's 50.9% 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.
More on how this number was built
Every one of the two percentiles behind Epps's 18,212-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Epps, see the exposure-zones guide.