Morganza, LA
Morganza, LA's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Morganza's 471 buildings earn a 20th-percentile wildfire-risk score nationally under USFS's model — among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Morganza at the 20th percentile, close to its 20th-percentile risk score.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
471 buildings are counted in Morganza, and 51.8% of them sit in USFS's Direct exposure zone — flame contact, not just ember cast, is the live possibility for most of them, against 1.5% rated Minimal.
Morganza against the rest of the country
There's little gap between Morganza's 20th national percentile and its 19th percentile inside Louisiana, which means the state comparison mostly confirms what the national score already shows. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Morganza ranks 25,245 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 17,855 by building count (1 is largest). Within Louisiana alone, it ranks 396 of 488 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Louisiana on its state page.
Morganza and the insurance market
Morganza's low rating (20th 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 Morganza
Morganza's 51.8% Direct-exposure share means lot clearing around the structure typically outweighs any single material upgrade here. The home-hardening guide ranks the options for a place shaped like this.
Where Morganza's figures come from
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 471 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Morganza. The exposure-zones guide covers what Morganza's dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.