Provencal, LA
Provencal, LA's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Provencal's 391 buildings earn a 65th-percentile wildfire-risk score nationally under USFS's model — well above the national norm for wildfire risk. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Provencal at the 67th percentile, close to its 65th-percentile risk score.
Where Provencal's buildings actually sit
USFS classifies 80.1% of Provencal's buildings as Direct exposure, higher than its 20% Indirect share and far above its 0% Minimal share — a profile where 313 structures sit close enough to vegetation that lot clearing matters most.
Provencal against the rest of the country
Provencal's 82nd-percentile standing inside Louisiana outpaces its 65th national percentile — this is a hotter spot than most of its own state, even though the state as a whole runs cooler nationally. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Provencal ranks 10,936 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 19,394 by building count (1 is largest). Within Louisiana alone, it ranks 89 of 488 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Louisiana on its state page.
Provencal and the insurance market
At the 65th percentile nationally, Provencal 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.
What would actually reduce this score
Because Direct exposure dominates in Provencal (80.1%), the highest-leverage fix is defensible space, not roofing or vents alone — covered in the home-hardening guide.
More on how this number was built
Provencal's 65th-percentile score and its burn-probability figure both come from the same USFS workbook, documented in the methodology guide. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Provencal, see the exposure-zones guide.