Presquille, LA
Presquille, LA's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model puts Presquille at the 21st national percentile for risk to structures, close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range — a score built from 881 actual buildings. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Presquille's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 21st percentile nationally.
Where Presquille's buildings actually sit
89.6% of Presquille's 881 buildings fall in USFS's Indirect exposure zone — ember cast rather than direct flame — against 10.4% Direct and 0% Minimal. Vent screens and roofing material matter more here than lot clearing alone.
Presquille against the rest of the country
Presquille scores 21st nationally and 21st 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, Presquille ranks 24,929 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 12,899 by building count (1 is largest). Within Louisiana alone, it ranks 388 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
Presquille's moderate wildfire rating (21st 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
Presquille's 89.6% 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
Every one of the two percentiles behind Presquille's 24,929-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. For more on what indirect exposure implies beyond Presquille, see the exposure-zones guide.