Lecompte, LA
Lecompte, LA's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Out of every US place USFS scores, Lecompte lands at the 69th percentile for wildfire risk to structures — well above the national norm for wildfire risk — a figure built from its 719 buildings, not the land around them. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Lecompte's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 69th percentile nationally.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
90.8% of Lecompte's 719 buildings fall in USFS's Indirect exposure zone — ember cast rather than direct flame — against 3.6% Direct and 5.6% Minimal. Vent screens and roofing material matter more here than lot clearing alone.
How Lecompte compares
Within Louisiana, Lecompte ranks higher (85th percentile) than it does nationally (69th) — one of the more fire-exposed places in a state that, overall, scores lower than that. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Lecompte ranks 9,672 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 14,466 by building count (1 is largest). Within Louisiana alone, it ranks 74 of 488 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Louisiana on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Lecompte
Lecompte's 69th-percentile, high rating is the kind of score behind a broader national pattern: insurers pulling back from the highest wildfire-risk markets, non-renewing or declining new policies outright, most visibly in California. Shopping around, not assuming automatic renewal, tends to matter here.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
With ember exposure the dominant pattern in Lecompte (90.8% 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 719 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Lecompte. For more on what indirect exposure implies beyond Lecompte, see the exposure-zones guide.