New Roads, LA
How exposed is New Roads to wildfire?
New Roads sits at the 15th 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 2,621 counted buildings, not vegetation cover alone. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, New Roads's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 16th percentile nationally.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
USFS puts 49.9% of New Roads's 2,621 buildings in the Indirect exposure zone, versus 19.2% Direct and 30.8% Minimal — a place where the fire doesn't need to reach the structure directly for embers to.
How New Roads compares
New Roads scores 15th nationally and 12th 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, New Roads ranks 26,790 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 6,063 by building count (1 is largest). Within Louisiana alone, it ranks 429 of 488 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Louisiana on its state page.
New Roads and the insurance market
At the 15th national percentile, New Roads rates low for wildfire risk — well short of the threshold where insurers have been withdrawing coverage, though comparing a quote costs nothing either way.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
New Roads's 49.9% 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
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 2,621 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for New Roads. For more on what indirect exposure implies beyond New Roads, see the exposure-zones guide.