Pitkin, LA
Pitkin, LA's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Pitkin's 462 buildings earn a 86th-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, Pitkin's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 88th percentile nationally.
Pitkin's building exposure, zone by zone
462 buildings are counted in Pitkin, and 88.3% 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.
Where Pitkin ranks
Pitkin scores 86th nationally and 96th 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, Pitkin ranks 4,282 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 18,029 by building count (1 is largest). Within Louisiana alone, it ranks 20 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
Pitkin's 86th-percentile, very high rating is the kind of score behind a broader national pattern: insurers pulling back from the highest wildfire-risk markets, non-renewing or declining new policies outright, most visibly in California. Shopping around, not assuming automatic renewal, tends to matter here.
Hardening a home in Pitkin
With 88.3% of Pitkin in Direct exposure, defensible-space clearing and ember-resistant construction (vents, Class-A roofing) address the exposure this page's own numbers describe, not a generic checklist. See the home-hardening guide.
More on how this number was built
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 462 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Pitkin. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Pitkin, see the exposure-zones guide.