Pioneer, LA
Pioneer wildfire risk explained
Pioneer sits at the 40th percentile nationally for wildfire risk to structures — modestly above the national average for wildfire risk — per USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model, built from its 147 counted buildings, not vegetation cover alone. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Pioneer at the 39th percentile, close to its 40th-percentile risk score.
Pioneer's building exposure, zone by zone
USFS classifies 51% of Pioneer's buildings as Direct exposure, higher than its 43.5% Indirect share and far above its 5.4% Minimal share — a profile where 75 structures sit close enough to vegetation that lot clearing matters most.
Where Pioneer ranks
Pioneer scores 40th nationally and 39th 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, Pioneer ranks 18,781 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 26,987 by building count (1 is largest). Within Louisiana alone, it ranks 298 of 488 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Louisiana on its state page.
Pioneer and the insurance market
At the 40th national percentile, Pioneer rates elevated 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
Pioneer's 51% Direct-exposure share means lot clearing around the structure typically outweighs any single material upgrade here. The home-hardening guide ranks the options for a place shaped like this.
More on how this number was built
Every one of the two percentiles behind Pioneer's 18,781-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Pioneer, see the exposure-zones guide.