Newellton, LA
How exposed is Newellton to wildfire?
USFS scores Newellton at the 14th national percentile for wildfire risk to structures (among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally), a figure built from 684 real buildings rather than raw vegetation cover. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Newellton at the 14th percentile, close to its 14th-percentile risk score.
Where Newellton's buildings actually sit
USFS puts 39% of Newellton's 684 buildings in the Indirect exposure zone, versus 30% Direct and 31% Minimal — a place where the fire doesn't need to reach the structure directly for embers to.
Newellton against the rest of the country
There's little gap between Newellton's 14th national percentile and its 11th percentile inside Louisiana, which means the state comparison mostly confirms what the national score already shows. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Newellton ranks 26,975 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 14,826 by building count (1 is largest). Within Louisiana alone, it ranks 432 of 488 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Louisiana on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Newellton
Newellton's low rating (14th 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 Newellton
With ember exposure the dominant pattern in Newellton (39% Indirect), vent screens and roofing material tend to matter more than lot clearing alone. The home-hardening guide covers both.
More on how this number was built
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 684 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Newellton. For more on what indirect exposure implies beyond Newellton, see the exposure-zones guide.