Rosedale, LA
Rosedale wildfire risk explained
Rosedale's 566 buildings earn a 11th-percentile wildfire-risk score nationally under USFS's model — among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Rosedale's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 11th percentile nationally.
Rosedale's building exposure, zone by zone
Direct exposure dominates in Rosedale: 53% of its 566 buildings, versus 39.1% Indirect and 8% Minimal. Clearing space around a structure changes the outcome here more than any single building-material swap.
Rosedale against the rest of the country
Rosedale's risk sits at a similar level relative to Louisiana (6th percentile statewide) as it does nationally (11th) — this place isn't unusual for its own state either way. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Rosedale ranks 28,017 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 16,307 by building count (1 is largest). Within Louisiana alone, it ranks 457 of 488 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Louisiana on its state page.
Rosedale and the insurance market
Rosedale's low wildfire rating (11th 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.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
Rosedale's 53% 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
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 566 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Rosedale. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Rosedale, see the exposure-zones guide.