Prairieville, LA
Prairieville, LA's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Prairieville sits at the 17th percentile nationally for wildfire risk to structures — among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally — per USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model, built from its 15,011 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 Prairieville at the 19th percentile, close to its 17th-percentile risk score.
Prairieville's building exposure, zone by zone
46.3% of Prairieville's 15,011 buildings fall in USFS's Indirect exposure zone — ember cast rather than direct flame — against 33.5% Direct and 20.3% Minimal. Vent screens and roofing material matter more here than lot clearing alone. At 15,011 buildings, this is a substantial built environment, so the shares below describe a real population of structures, not a handful of edge cases.
Prairieville against the rest of the country
Prairieville scores 17th nationally and 15th 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, Prairieville ranks 26,061 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 986 by building count (1 is largest). Within Louisiana alone, it ranks 416 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
Prairieville's low rating (17th percentile nationally) sits outside the range where wildfire risk alone reshapes an insurance market — still, a homeowner here loses nothing by comparing rates.
Hardening a home in Prairieville
Prairieville's 46.3% 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 15,011 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Prairieville. For more on what indirect exposure implies beyond Prairieville, see the exposure-zones guide.