Grand Coteau, LA
Grand Coteau, LA's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model puts Grand Coteau at the 50th national percentile for risk to structures, modestly above the national average for wildfire risk — a score built from 589 actual buildings. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Grand Coteau at the 53rd percentile, close to its 50th-percentile risk score.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
589 buildings are counted in Grand Coteau, and 66.7% of them sit in USFS's Direct exposure zone — flame contact, not just ember cast, is the live possibility for most of them, against 0% rated Minimal.
Grand Coteau against the rest of the country
Grand Coteau's risk sits at a similar level relative to Louisiana (58th percentile statewide) as it does nationally (50th) — this place isn't unusual for its own state either way. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Grand Coteau ranks 15,693 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 15,980 by building count (1 is largest). Within Louisiana alone, it ranks 206 of 488 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Louisiana on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Grand Coteau
Grand Coteau's elevated rating (50th 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
With 66.7% of Grand Coteau 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.
More on how this number was built
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 589 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Grand Coteau. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Grand Coteau, see the exposure-zones guide.