Loreauville, LA
Loreauville, LA's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Loreauville's 489 buildings earn a 4th-percentile wildfire-risk score nationally under USFS's model — among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Loreauville's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 5th percentile nationally.
Where Loreauville's buildings actually sit
Most of Loreauville's buildings (85.1% of 489) fall outside USFS's Direct and Indirect zones entirely — that doesn't zero out the score above, it means the risk is regional, not structure-by-structure.
Loreauville against the rest of the country
Loreauville scores 4th nationally and 0th 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, Loreauville ranks 30,226 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 17,546 by building count (1 is largest). Within Louisiana alone, it ranks 487 of 488 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Louisiana on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Loreauville
Loreauville's low rating (4th percentile nationally) sits outside the range where wildfire risk alone reshapes an insurance market — still, a homeowner here loses nothing by comparing rates.
Hardening a home in Loreauville
With 85.1% of buildings rated Minimal exposure, Loreauville gets less benefit from structure hardening than a Direct- or Indirect-dominant place would — the home-hardening guide explains why the zone matters.
More on how this number was built
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 489 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Loreauville. For more on what minimal exposure implies beyond Loreauville, see the exposure-zones guide.