Laplace, LA
Laplace wildfire risk explained
USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model puts Laplace at the 26th national percentile for risk to structures, close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range — a score built from 12,342 actual buildings. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Laplace's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 26th percentile nationally.
Laplace's building exposure, zone by zone
80.5% of Laplace's 12,342 buildings fall in USFS's Indirect exposure zone — ember cast rather than direct flame — against 4.9% Direct and 14.6% Minimal. Vent screens and roofing material matter more here than lot clearing alone. At 12,342 buildings, this is a substantial built environment, so the shares below describe a real population of structures, not a handful of edge cases.
Laplace against the rest of the country
Laplace scores 26th nationally and 27th 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, Laplace ranks 23,227 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 1,251 by building count (1 is largest). Within Louisiana alone, it ranks 357 of 488 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Louisiana on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Laplace
Laplace's moderate wildfire rating (26th 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
With ember exposure the dominant pattern in Laplace (80.5% Indirect), vent screens and roofing material tend to matter more than lot clearing alone. The home-hardening guide covers both.
Where Laplace's figures come from
Laplace's 26th-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 Laplace's dominant indirect exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.