Farmerville, LA
How exposed is Farmerville to wildfire?
Out of every US place USFS scores, Farmerville lands at the 48th percentile for wildfire risk to structures — modestly above the national average for wildfire risk — a figure built from its 1,862 buildings, not the land around them. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Farmerville at the 49th national percentile — 1 points above its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Where Farmerville's buildings actually sit
66.3% of Farmerville's 1,862 buildings fall in USFS's Indirect exposure zone — ember cast rather than direct flame — against 31.5% Direct and 2.2% Minimal. Vent screens and roofing material matter more here than lot clearing alone.
Where Farmerville ranks
There's little gap between Farmerville's 48th national percentile and its 54th percentile inside Louisiana, which means the state comparison mostly confirms what the national score already shows. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Farmerville ranks 16,351 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 7,876 by building count (1 is largest). Within Louisiana alone, it ranks 224 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 48th national percentile, Farmerville rates elevated for wildfire risk — well short of the threshold where insurers have been withdrawing coverage, though comparing a quote costs nothing either way.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
Because 66.3% of Farmerville'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
Every one of the two percentiles behind Farmerville's 16,351-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. For more on what indirect exposure implies beyond Farmerville, see the exposure-zones guide.