Simpson, LA
How exposed is Simpson to wildfire?
USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model puts Simpson at the 82nd national percentile for risk to structures, in USFS's highest wildfire-risk band nationally — a score built from 568 actual buildings. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Simpson at the 84th percentile, close to its 82nd-percentile risk score.
Where Simpson's buildings actually sit
568 buildings are counted in Simpson, and 97.2% 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.
How Simpson compares
Simpson's risk sits at a similar level relative to Louisiana (93rd percentile statewide) as it does nationally (82nd) — this place isn't unusual for its own state either way. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Simpson ranks 5,549 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 16,282 by building count (1 is largest). Within Louisiana alone, it ranks 35 of 488 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Louisiana on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Simpson
Simpson's very high rating (82nd percentile) puts it among the places where the national carrier-pullback trend is most relevant — not a guarantee of a coverage problem, but a reason to shop rather than assume.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
Because Direct exposure dominates in Simpson (97.2%), 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
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 568 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Simpson. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Simpson, see the exposure-zones guide.