St. Martinville, LA
St. Martinville, LA's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
St. Martinville's 3,112 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, St. Martinville's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 12th percentile nationally.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
3,112 buildings are counted in St. Martinville, and 74.7% of them are Indirect exposure — ember-driven risk rather than the 14.8% in Direct exposure or the 10.5% rated Minimal.
How St. Martinville compares
St. Martinville scores 11th nationally and 6th within Louisiana — close enough that its state context doesn't change the picture the national number already gives. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, St. Martinville ranks 28,081 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 5,276 by building count (1 is largest). Within Louisiana alone, it ranks 459 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
St. Martinville's low rating (11th 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 St. Martinville
With ember exposure the dominant pattern in St. Martinville (74.7% Indirect), vent screens and roofing material tend to matter more than lot clearing alone. The home-hardening guide covers both.
Where St. Martinville's figures come from
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 3,112 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for St. Martinville. The exposure-zones guide covers what St. Martinville's dominant indirect exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.