Quitman, LA
Quitman wildfire risk explained
USFS scores Quitman at the 53rd national percentile for wildfire risk to structures (modestly above the national average for wildfire risk), a figure built from 149 real buildings rather than raw vegetation cover. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Quitman at the 53rd percentile, close to its 53rd-percentile risk score.
Quitman's building exposure, zone by zone
71.8% of Quitman's 149 buildings sit in USFS's Direct exposure zone, roughly 107 structures close enough to burnable vegetation for flame contact, not just embers — 28.2% fall in the Indirect, ember-only zone and 0% are Minimal.
Quitman against the rest of the country
Quitman's risk sits at a similar level relative to Louisiana (62nd percentile statewide) as it does nationally (53rd) — this place isn't unusual for its own state either way. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Quitman ranks 14,937 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 26,913 by building count (1 is largest). Within Louisiana alone, it ranks 186 of 488 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Louisiana on its state page.
Quitman and the insurance market
At the 53rd national percentile, Quitman rates elevated for wildfire risk — well short of the threshold where insurers have been withdrawing coverage, though comparing a quote costs nothing either way.
Hardening a home in Quitman
Quitman's 71.8% Direct-exposure share means lot clearing around the structure typically outweighs any single material upgrade here. The home-hardening guide ranks the options for a place shaped like this.
More on how this number was built
Quitman's 53rd-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 Quitman, see the exposure-zones guide.