Plaucheville, LA
How exposed is Plaucheville to wildfire?
Plaucheville sits at the 22nd 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 223 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 Plaucheville at the 22nd percentile, close to its 22nd-percentile risk score.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
50.2% of Plaucheville's 223 buildings sit in USFS's Direct exposure zone, roughly 112 structures close enough to burnable vegetation for flame contact, not just embers — 49.8% fall in the Indirect, ember-only zone and 0% are Minimal.
Where Plaucheville ranks
Plaucheville scores 22nd nationally and 22nd 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, Plaucheville ranks 24,582 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 24,014 by building count (1 is largest). Within Louisiana alone, it ranks 381 of 488 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Louisiana on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Plaucheville
Plaucheville's moderate wildfire rating (22nd 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
With 50.2% of Plaucheville 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 223 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Plaucheville. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Plaucheville, see the exposure-zones guide.