Inniswold, LA
Inniswold wildfire risk explained
USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model puts Inniswold at the 10th national percentile for risk to structures, among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally — a score built from 2,400 actual buildings. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Inniswold at the 11th national percentile — 1 points above its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Inniswold's building exposure, zone by zone
92.1% of Inniswold's 2,400 buildings sit in USFS's Minimal exposure zone, with only 7.9% rated Direct — risk here comes from regional burn probability more than proximity to burnable vegetation at the structure itself.
Where Inniswold ranks
Inniswold scores 10th nationally and 5th 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, Inniswold ranks 28,338 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 6,510 by building count (1 is largest). Within Louisiana alone, it ranks 465 of 488 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Louisiana on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Inniswold
At the 10th national percentile, Inniswold rates low for wildfire risk — well short of the threshold where insurers have been withdrawing coverage, though comparing a quote costs nothing either way.
Hardening a home in Inniswold
Even with 92.1% of Inniswold 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 Inniswold's figures come from
Inniswold's 10th-percentile score and its burn-probability figure both come from the same USFS workbook, documented in the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Inniswold's dominant minimal exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.