Palmetto, LA
Palmetto, LA's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Palmetto sits at the 21st percentile nationally for wildfire risk to structures — close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range — per USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model, built from its 124 counted buildings, not vegetation cover alone. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Palmetto at the 22nd national percentile — 0 points above its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
124 buildings are counted in Palmetto, and 59.7% of them sit in USFS's Direct exposure zone — flame contact, not just ember cast, is the live possibility for most of them, against 0% rated Minimal.
Palmetto against the rest of the country
There's little gap between Palmetto's 21st national percentile and its 21st percentile inside Louisiana, which means the state comparison mostly confirms what the national score already shows. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Palmetto ranks 24,769 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 27,988 by building count (1 is largest). Within Louisiana alone, it ranks 386 of 488 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Louisiana on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Palmetto
At the 21st national percentile, Palmetto rates moderate 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
Because Direct exposure dominates in Palmetto (59.7%), the highest-leverage fix is defensible space, not roofing or vents alone — covered in the home-hardening guide.
More on how this number was built
Every one of the two percentiles behind Palmetto's 24,769-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Palmetto, see the exposure-zones guide.