St. Francisville, LA
How exposed is St. Francisville to wildfire?
USFS scores St. Francisville at the 61st national percentile for wildfire risk to structures (well above the national norm for wildfire risk), a figure built from 811 real buildings rather than raw vegetation cover. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks St. Francisville at the 63rd national percentile — 2 points above its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Where St. Francisville's buildings actually sit
Of St. Francisville's 811 counted buildings, 60.2% carry Direct exposure and only 0% carry Minimal — a lopsided split that puts defensible-space clearing ahead of vents or roofing as the intervention worth doing first.
How St. Francisville compares
St. Francisville's 77th-percentile standing inside Louisiana outpaces its 61st national percentile — this is a hotter spot than most of its own state, even though the state as a whole runs cooler nationally. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, St. Francisville ranks 12,231 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 13,543 by building count (1 is largest). Within Louisiana alone, it ranks 115 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
At the 61st percentile nationally, St. Francisville carries the high rating that has pushed some carriers to limit new business in similarly-scored places elsewhere in the country. Worth comparing quotes rather than assuming last year's renewal terms still apply.
Hardening a home in St. Francisville
With 60.2% of St. Francisville 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.
Where St. Francisville's figures come from
Every one of the two percentiles behind St. Francisville's 12,231-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what St. Francisville's dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.