Gillis, LA
Gillis wildfire risk explained
Out of every US place USFS scores, Gillis lands at the 87th percentile for wildfire risk to structures — in USFS's highest wildfire-risk band nationally — a figure built from its 462 buildings, not the land around them. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Gillis at the 89th national percentile — 2 points above its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Gillis's building exposure, zone by zone
Indirect exposure is dominant in Gillis (52% of 462 buildings): far enough from burnable vegetation to avoid flame contact, close enough for wind-blown embers. Only 48.1% sit in the Direct zone.
How Gillis compares
Gillis scores 87th nationally and 96th 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, Gillis ranks 4,132 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 18,028 by building count (1 is largest). Within Louisiana alone, it ranks 19 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
Gillis's very high rating (87th percentile) puts it among the places where the national carrier-pullback trend is most relevant — not a guarantee of a coverage problem, but a reason to shop rather than assume.
Hardening a home in Gillis
Because 52% of Gillis'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
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 462 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Gillis. For more on what indirect exposure implies beyond Gillis, see the exposure-zones guide.