Pierre Part, LA
How exposed is Pierre Part to wildfire?
USFS scores Pierre Part at the 16th national percentile for wildfire risk to structures (among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally), a figure built from 1,993 real buildings rather than raw vegetation cover. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Pierre Part's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 17th percentile nationally.
Pierre Part's building exposure, zone by zone
68.3% of Pierre Part's 1,993 buildings fall in USFS's Indirect exposure zone — ember cast rather than direct flame — against 31.4% Direct and 0.3% Minimal. Vent screens and roofing material matter more here than lot clearing alone.
Pierre Part against the rest of the country
Pierre Part scores 16th nationally and 14th 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, Pierre Part ranks 26,472 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 7,498 by building count (1 is largest). Within Louisiana alone, it ranks 421 of 488 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Louisiana on its state page.
Pierre Part and the insurance market
At the 16th national percentile, Pierre Part rates low for wildfire risk — well short of the threshold where insurers have been withdrawing coverage, though comparing a quote costs nothing either way.
Hardening a home in Pierre Part
Pierre Part's 68.3% 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 1,993 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Pierre Part. For more on what indirect exposure implies beyond Pierre Part, see the exposure-zones guide.