Poydras, LA
Poydras wildfire risk explained
USFS scores Poydras at the 64th national percentile for wildfire risk to structures (well above the national norm for wildfire risk), a figure built from 1,258 real buildings rather than raw vegetation cover. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Poydras's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 55th percentile nationally.
Poydras's building exposure, zone by zone
Indirect exposure is dominant in Poydras (81.5% of 1,258 buildings): far enough from burnable vegetation to avoid flame contact, close enough for wind-blown embers. Only 18.5% sit in the Direct zone.
Poydras against the rest of the country
Within Louisiana, Poydras ranks higher (80th percentile) than it does nationally (64th) — one of the more fire-exposed places in a state that, overall, scores lower than that. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Poydras ranks 11,474 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 10,306 by building count (1 is largest). Within Louisiana alone, it ranks 98 of 488 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Louisiana on its state page.
Poydras and the insurance market
At the 64th percentile nationally, Poydras carries the high rating that has pushed some carriers to limit new business in similarly-scored places elsewhere in the country. Worth comparing quotes rather than assuming last year's renewal terms still apply.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
With ember exposure the dominant pattern in Poydras (81.5% Indirect), vent screens and roofing material tend to matter more than lot clearing alone. The home-hardening guide covers both.
More on how this number was built
Every one of the two percentiles behind Poydras's 11,474-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. For more on what indirect exposure implies beyond Poydras, see the exposure-zones guide.