Paradis, LA
Paradis, LA's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Out of every US place USFS scores, Paradis lands at the 49th percentile for wildfire risk to structures — modestly above the national average for wildfire risk — a figure built from its 735 buildings, not the land around them. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Paradis's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 41st percentile nationally.
Where Paradis's buildings actually sit
USFS puts 74.6% of Paradis's 735 buildings in the Indirect exposure zone, versus 25.4% Direct and 0% Minimal — a place where the fire doesn't need to reach the structure directly for embers to.
Where Paradis ranks
Paradis's risk sits at a similar level relative to Louisiana (56th percentile statewide) as it does nationally (49th) — this place isn't unusual for its own state either way. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Paradis ranks 16,066 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 14,271 by building count (1 is largest). Within Louisiana alone, it ranks 217 of 488 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Louisiana on its state page.
What this risk score means for insurance
Paradis's elevated wildfire rating (49th 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
Because 74.6% of Paradis's buildings sit in the Indirect zone, sealing the ember pathway (vents, roofing, gutters) is the intervention this page's data actually supports — see the home-hardening guide.
More on how this number was built
Every one of the two percentiles behind Paradis's 16,066-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. For more on what indirect exposure implies beyond Paradis, see the exposure-zones guide.