Leonville, LA
Leonville wildfire risk explained
Leonville sits at the 10th percentile nationally for wildfire risk to structures — among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally — per USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model, built from its 747 counted buildings, not vegetation cover alone. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Leonville's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 10th percentile nationally.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
USFS classifies 67.1% of Leonville's buildings as Direct exposure, higher than its 32.9% Indirect share and far above its 0% Minimal share — a profile where 501 structures sit close enough to vegetation that lot clearing matters most.
Leonville against the rest of the country
There's little gap between Leonville's 10th national percentile and its 5th percentile inside Louisiana, which means the state comparison mostly confirms what the national score already shows. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Leonville ranks 28,273 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 14,151 by building count (1 is largest). Within Louisiana alone, it ranks 462 of 488 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Louisiana on its state page.
Leonville and the insurance market
Leonville's low rating (10th percentile nationally) sits outside the range where wildfire risk alone reshapes an insurance market — still, a homeowner here loses nothing by comparing rates.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
Because Direct exposure dominates in Leonville (67.1%), the highest-leverage fix is defensible space, not roofing or vents alone — covered in the home-hardening guide.
More on how this number was built
Every one of the two percentiles behind Leonville's 28,273-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Leonville, see the exposure-zones guide.