Krotz Springs, LA
How exposed is Krotz Springs to wildfire?
USFS scores Krotz Springs at the 17th national percentile for wildfire risk to structures (among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally), a figure built from 759 real buildings rather than raw vegetation cover. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Krotz Springs's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 18th percentile nationally.
Where Krotz Springs's buildings actually sit
85.6% of Krotz Springs's 759 buildings fall in USFS's Indirect exposure zone — ember cast rather than direct flame — against 14.4% Direct and 0% Minimal. Vent screens and roofing material matter more here than lot clearing alone.
Where Krotz Springs ranks
Krotz Springs's risk sits at a similar level relative to Louisiana (15th 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, Krotz Springs ranks 26,093 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 14,030 by building count (1 is largest). Within Louisiana alone, it ranks 417 of 488 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Louisiana on its state page.
What this risk score means for insurance
Krotz Springs's low wildfire rating (17th 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.
Hardening a home in Krotz Springs
With ember exposure the dominant pattern in Krotz Springs (85.6% Indirect), vent screens and roofing material tend to matter more than lot clearing alone. The home-hardening guide covers both.
More on how this number was built
Krotz Springs's 17th-percentile score and its burn-probability figure both come from the same USFS workbook, documented in the methodology guide. For more on what indirect exposure implies beyond Krotz Springs, see the exposure-zones guide.