Lebeau, LA
Lebeau wildfire risk explained
Lebeau sits at the 22nd percentile nationally for wildfire risk to structures — close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range — per USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model, built from its 146 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 Lebeau at the 22nd percentile, close to its 22nd-percentile risk score.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
53.4% of Lebeau's 146 buildings sit in USFS's Direct exposure zone, roughly 78 structures close enough to burnable vegetation for flame contact, not just embers — 45.9% fall in the Indirect, ember-only zone and 0.7% are Minimal.
Lebeau against the rest of the country
Lebeau scores 22nd nationally and 22nd 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, Lebeau ranks 24,708 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 27,022 by building count (1 is largest). Within Louisiana alone, it ranks 383 of 488 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Louisiana on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Lebeau
At the 22nd national percentile, Lebeau rates moderate for wildfire risk — well short of the threshold where insurers have been withdrawing coverage, though comparing a quote costs nothing either way.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
With 53.4% of Lebeau in Direct exposure, defensible-space clearing and ember-resistant construction (vents, Class-A roofing) address the exposure this page's own numbers describe, not a generic checklist. See the home-hardening guide.
More on how this number was built
Every one of the two percentiles behind Lebeau's 24,708-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Lebeau, see the exposure-zones guide.