Lafourche Crossing, LA
How exposed is Lafourche Crossing to wildfire?
Lafourche Crossing sits at the 14th 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 1,198 counted buildings, not vegetation cover alone. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Lafourche Crossing at the 14th percentile, close to its 14th-percentile risk score.
Lafourche Crossing's building exposure, zone by zone
USFS puts 77.1% of Lafourche Crossing's 1,198 buildings in the Indirect exposure zone, versus 18.4% Direct and 4.6% Minimal — a place where the fire doesn't need to reach the structure directly for embers to.
Where Lafourche Crossing ranks
Lafourche Crossing scores 14th nationally and 11th 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, Lafourche Crossing ranks 27,040 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 10,654 by building count (1 is largest). Within Louisiana alone, it ranks 435 of 488 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Louisiana on its state page.
Lafourche Crossing and the insurance market
Lafourche Crossing's low rating (14th percentile nationally) sits outside the range where wildfire risk alone reshapes an insurance market — still, a homeowner here loses nothing by comparing rates.
Hardening a home in Lafourche Crossing
Lafourche Crossing's 77.1% Indirect-exposure share points at embers, not flame contact, as the main pathway — ember-resistant vents and non-combustible roofing rank ahead of defensible space here. Detail in the home-hardening guide.
Where Lafourche Crossing's figures come from
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 1,198 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Lafourche Crossing. The exposure-zones guide covers what Lafourche Crossing's dominant indirect exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.