South Mansfield, LA
South Mansfield wildfire risk explained
USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model puts South Mansfield at the 58th national percentile for risk to structures, modestly above the national average for wildfire risk — a score built from 177 actual buildings. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, South Mansfield's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 58th percentile nationally.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
Direct exposure dominates in South Mansfield: 61% of its 177 buildings, versus 39% Indirect and 0% Minimal. Clearing space around a structure changes the outcome here more than any single building-material swap.
Where South Mansfield ranks
There's little gap between South Mansfield's 58th national percentile and its 73rd percentile inside Louisiana, which means the state comparison mostly confirms what the national score already shows. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, South Mansfield ranks 13,144 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 25,752 by building count (1 is largest). Within Louisiana alone, it ranks 134 of 488 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Louisiana on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in South Mansfield
South Mansfield's elevated wildfire rating (58th 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
Because Direct exposure dominates in South Mansfield (61%), 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
South Mansfield's 58th-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 South Mansfield, see the exposure-zones guide.