Lake Providence, LA
Lake Providence, LA's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Lake Providence's 1,928 buildings earn a 39th-percentile wildfire-risk score nationally under USFS's model — close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Lake Providence's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 39th percentile nationally.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
1,928 buildings are counted in Lake Providence, and 51.2% of them are Indirect exposure — ember-driven risk rather than the 43.5% in Direct exposure or the 5.3% rated Minimal.
Lake Providence against the rest of the country
Lake Providence scores 39th nationally and 38th 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, Lake Providence ranks 19,342 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 7,686 by building count (1 is largest). Within Louisiana alone, it ranks 306 of 488 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Louisiana on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Lake Providence
Lake Providence's moderate wildfire rating (39th 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.
What would actually reduce this score
Lake Providence's 51.2% 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 Lake Providence's figures come from
Every one of the two percentiles behind Lake Providence's 19,342-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Lake Providence's dominant indirect exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.