Rayville, LA
Rayville wildfire risk explained
Out of every US place USFS scores, Rayville lands at the 44th percentile for wildfire risk to structures — modestly above the national average for wildfire risk — a figure built from its 1,618 buildings, not the land around them. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Rayville's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 45th percentile nationally.
Rayville's building exposure, zone by zone
Most of Rayville's buildings (78.2%) sit in the Indirect zone, where wind-blown embers rather than flame front are the mechanism USFS is scoring — ember-resistant vents and non-combustible roofing are the interventions this pattern favors, more than defensible space alone.
Rayville against the rest of the country
Rayville scores 44th nationally and 46th 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, Rayville ranks 17,547 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 8,701 by building count (1 is largest). Within Louisiana alone, it ranks 266 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
Rayville's elevated rating (44th percentile nationally) sits outside the range where wildfire risk alone reshapes an insurance market — still, a homeowner here loses nothing by comparing rates.
What would actually reduce this score
Because 78.2% of Rayville's buildings sit in the Indirect zone, sealing the ember pathway (vents, roofing, gutters) is the intervention this page's data actually supports — see the home-hardening guide.
Where Rayville's figures come from
Rayville's 44th-percentile score and its burn-probability figure both come from the same USFS workbook, documented in the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Rayville's dominant indirect exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.