Mound, LA
How exposed is Mound to wildfire?
USFS scores Mound at the 30th national percentile for wildfire risk to structures (close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range), a figure built from 33 real buildings rather than raw vegetation cover. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Mound's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 28th percentile nationally.
Where Mound's buildings actually sit
Direct exposure dominates in Mound: 57.6% of its 33 buildings, versus 42.4% Indirect and 0% Minimal. Clearing space around a structure changes the outcome here more than any single building-material swap.
Where Mound ranks
Mound scores 30th nationally and 30th 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, Mound ranks 22,218 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 31,311 by building count (1 is largest). Within Louisiana alone, it ranks 343 of 488 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Louisiana on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Mound
Mound's moderate wildfire rating (30th percentile) isn't the kind of score driving the carrier pullback making news in the highest-risk Western markets — but a standard homeowners quote is still worth comparing on its own terms.
What would actually reduce this score
Mound's 57.6% 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 Mound's figures come from
Every one of the two percentiles behind Mound's 22,218-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Mound's dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.