Lakeshore, LA
How exposed is Lakeshore to wildfire?
Lakeshore's 862 buildings earn a 45th-percentile wildfire-risk score nationally under USFS's model — modestly above the national average for wildfire risk. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Lakeshore's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 47th percentile nationally.
Lakeshore's building exposure, zone by zone
Most of Lakeshore's buildings (57.8%) sit in the Indirect zone, where wind-blown embers rather than flame front are the mechanism USFS is scoring — ember-resistant vents and non-combustible roofing are the interventions this pattern favors, more than defensible space alone.
Where Lakeshore ranks
There's little gap between Lakeshore's 45th national percentile and its 47th percentile inside Louisiana, which means the state comparison mostly confirms what the national score already shows. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Lakeshore ranks 17,361 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 13,057 by building count (1 is largest). Within Louisiana alone, it ranks 260 of 488 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Louisiana on its state page.
Lakeshore and the insurance market
At the 45th national percentile, Lakeshore rates elevated 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 Lakeshore
With ember exposure the dominant pattern in Lakeshore (57.8% 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
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 862 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Lakeshore. For more on what indirect exposure implies beyond Lakeshore, see the exposure-zones guide.