Golden Meadow, LA
Golden Meadow, LA's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Out of every US place USFS scores, Golden Meadow lands at the 27th percentile for wildfire risk to structures — close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range — a figure built from its 1,294 buildings, not the land around them. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Golden Meadow's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 21st percentile nationally.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
USFS puts 55.9% of Golden Meadow's 1,294 buildings in the Indirect exposure zone, versus 6.5% Direct and 37.6% Minimal — a place where the fire doesn't need to reach the structure directly for embers to.
How Golden Meadow compares
Golden Meadow's risk sits at a similar level relative to Louisiana (27th percentile statewide) as it does nationally (27th) — this place isn't unusual for its own state either way. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Golden Meadow ranks 22,999 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 10,101 by building count (1 is largest). Within Louisiana alone, it ranks 355 of 488 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Louisiana on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Golden Meadow
Golden Meadow's moderate wildfire rating (27th percentile) isn't the kind of score driving the carrier pullback making news in the highest-risk Western markets — but a standard homeowners quote is still worth comparing on its own terms.
What would actually reduce this score
Because 55.9% of Golden Meadow'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.
Where Golden Meadow's figures come from
Every one of the two percentiles behind Golden Meadow's 22,999-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Golden Meadow's dominant indirect exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.