Oakdale, LA
Oakdale, LA's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Oakdale's 2,939 buildings earn a 85th-percentile wildfire-risk score nationally under USFS's model — in USFS's highest wildfire-risk band nationally. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Oakdale's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 86th percentile nationally.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
Most of Oakdale's buildings (91.5%) sit in the Indirect zone, where wind-blown embers rather than flame front are the mechanism USFS is scoring — ember-resistant vents and non-combustible roofing are the interventions this pattern favors, more than defensible space alone.
How Oakdale compares
There's little gap between Oakdale's 85th national percentile and its 95th percentile inside Louisiana, which means the state comparison mostly confirms what the national score already shows. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Oakdale ranks 4,760 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 5,531 by building count (1 is largest). Within Louisiana alone, it ranks 24 of 488 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Louisiana on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Oakdale
At the 85th percentile nationally, Oakdale carries the very high rating that has pushed some carriers to limit new business in similarly-scored places elsewhere in the country. Worth comparing quotes rather than assuming last year's renewal terms still apply.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
Oakdale's 91.5% 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 2,939 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Oakdale. For more on what indirect exposure implies beyond Oakdale, see the exposure-zones guide.