Gramercy, LA
How exposed is Gramercy to wildfire?
Gramercy sits at the 17th percentile nationally for wildfire risk to structures — among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally — per USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model, built from its 1,525 counted buildings, not vegetation cover alone. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Gramercy at the 17th national percentile — 1 points above its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Gramercy's building exposure, zone by zone
Only 3.3% of Gramercy's 1,525 buildings carry Direct exposure and 44.3% carry Indirect; the remaining 52.4% are Minimal, which shifts the risk driving this page's score toward the surrounding landscape rather than any one structure.
How Gramercy compares
Gramercy's risk sits at a similar level relative to Louisiana (14th percentile statewide) as it does nationally (17th) — this place isn't unusual for its own state either way. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Gramercy ranks 26,280 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 9,061 by building count (1 is largest). Within Louisiana alone, it ranks 419 of 488 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Louisiana on its state page.
Gramercy and the insurance market
Gramercy's low rating (17th percentile nationally) sits outside the range where wildfire risk alone reshapes an insurance market — still, a homeowner here loses nothing by comparing rates.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
Even with 52.4% of Gramercy outside USFS's Direct and Indirect zones, basic hardening — gutter maintenance, ember-resistant vents — is inexpensive relative to the regional burn-probability risk noted above. Details in the home-hardening guide.
Where Gramercy's figures come from
Every one of the two percentiles behind Gramercy's 26,280-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Gramercy's dominant minimal exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.