Ringgold, LA
Ringgold, LA's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
USFS scores Ringgold at the 53rd national percentile for wildfire risk to structures (modestly above the national average for wildfire risk), a figure built from 826 real buildings rather than raw vegetation cover. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Ringgold's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 53rd percentile nationally.
Ringgold's building exposure, zone by zone
826 buildings are counted in Ringgold, and 70.1% of them sit in USFS's Direct exposure zone — flame contact, not just ember cast, is the live possibility for most of them, against 0% rated Minimal.
Where Ringgold ranks
There's little gap between Ringgold's 53rd national percentile and its 63rd percentile inside Louisiana, which means the state comparison mostly confirms what the national score already shows. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Ringgold ranks 14,872 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 13,388 by building count (1 is largest). Within Louisiana alone, it ranks 181 of 488 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Louisiana on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Ringgold
Ringgold's elevated rating (53rd 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 Ringgold
With 70.1% of Ringgold in Direct exposure, defensible-space clearing and ember-resistant construction (vents, Class-A roofing) address the exposure this page's own numbers describe, not a generic checklist. See the home-hardening guide.
More on how this number was built
Every one of the two percentiles behind Ringgold's 14,872-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Ringgold, see the exposure-zones guide.