Leesville, LA
Leesville wildfire risk explained
Leesville sits at the 78th percentile nationally for wildfire risk to structures — well above the national norm for wildfire risk — per USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model, built from its 3,208 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 Leesville at the 80th percentile, close to its 78th-percentile risk score.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
3,208 buildings are counted in Leesville, and 77.3% of them are Indirect exposure — ember-driven risk rather than the 22.7% in Direct exposure or the 0% rated Minimal.
Where Leesville ranks
There's little gap between Leesville's 78th national percentile and its 91st percentile inside Louisiana, which means the state comparison mostly confirms what the national score already shows. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Leesville ranks 6,968 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 5,156 by building count (1 is largest). Within Louisiana alone, it ranks 45 of 488 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Louisiana on its state page.
Leesville and the insurance market
At the 78th percentile nationally, Leesville carries the high rating that has pushed some carriers to limit new business in similarly-scored places elsewhere in the country. Worth comparing quotes rather than assuming last year's renewal terms still apply.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
Leesville's 77.3% 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.
More on how this number was built
Every one of the two percentiles behind Leesville's 6,968-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. For more on what indirect exposure implies beyond Leesville, see the exposure-zones guide.