Evergreen, LA
Evergreen, LA's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
USFS scores Evergreen at the 42nd national percentile for wildfire risk to structures (modestly above the national average for wildfire risk), a figure built from 205 real buildings rather than raw vegetation cover. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Evergreen at the 42nd percentile, close to its 42nd-percentile risk score.
Evergreen's building exposure, zone by zone
205 buildings are counted in Evergreen, and 66.3% of them sit in USFS's Direct exposure zone — flame contact, not just ember cast, is the live possibility for most of them, against 1% rated Minimal.
Where Evergreen ranks
Evergreen scores 42nd nationally and 41st within Louisiana — close enough that its state context doesn't change the picture the national number already gives. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Evergreen ranks 18,398 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 24,660 by building count (1 is largest). Within Louisiana alone, it ranks 289 of 488 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Louisiana on its state page.
Evergreen and the insurance market
Evergreen's elevated rating (42nd percentile nationally) sits outside the range where wildfire risk alone reshapes an insurance market — still, a homeowner here loses nothing by comparing rates.
Hardening a home in Evergreen
With 66.3% of Evergreen 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.
Where Evergreen's figures come from
Evergreen's 42nd-percentile score and its burn-probability figure both come from the same USFS workbook, documented in the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Evergreen's dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.