Hahnville, LA
Hahnville wildfire risk explained
USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model puts Hahnville at the 23rd national percentile for risk to structures, close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range — a score built from 1,616 actual buildings. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Hahnville'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
1,616 buildings are counted in Hahnville, and 76.7% of them are Indirect exposure — ember-driven risk rather than the 23.2% in Direct exposure or the 0.1% rated Minimal.
Hahnville against the rest of the country
There's little gap between Hahnville's 23rd national percentile and its 24th percentile inside Louisiana, which means the state comparison mostly confirms what the national score already shows. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Hahnville ranks 24,173 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 8,708 by building count (1 is largest). Within Louisiana alone, it ranks 372 of 488 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Louisiana on its state page.
Hahnville and the insurance market
At the 23rd national percentile, Hahnville rates moderate for wildfire risk — well short of the threshold where insurers have been withdrawing coverage, though comparing a quote costs nothing either way.
What would actually reduce this score
With ember exposure the dominant pattern in Hahnville (76.7% Indirect), vent screens and roofing material tend to matter more than lot clearing alone. The home-hardening guide covers both.
Where Hahnville's figures come from
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 1,616 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Hahnville. The exposure-zones guide covers what Hahnville's dominant indirect exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.