Village St. George, LA
Village St. George wildfire risk explained
USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model puts Village St. George at the 15th national percentile for risk to structures, among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally — a score built from 3,262 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 Village St. George at the 16th percentile, close to its 15th-percentile risk score.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
3,262 buildings are counted in Village St. George, and 55.4% of them are Indirect exposure — ember-driven risk rather than the 5.7% in Direct exposure or the 38.9% rated Minimal.
Where Village St. George ranks
There's little gap between Village St. George's 15th national percentile and its 12th percentile inside Louisiana, which means the state comparison mostly confirms what the national score already shows. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Village St. George ranks 26,751 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 5,085 by building count (1 is largest). Within Louisiana alone, it ranks 428 of 488 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Louisiana on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Village St. George
Village St. George's low rating (15th percentile nationally) sits outside the range where wildfire risk alone reshapes an insurance market — still, a homeowner here loses nothing by comparing rates.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
Village St. George's 55.4% Indirect-exposure share points at embers, not flame contact, as the main pathway — ember-resistant vents and non-combustible roofing rank ahead of defensible space here. Detail in the home-hardening guide.
Where Village St. George's figures come from
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 3,262 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Village St. George. The exposure-zones guide covers what Village St. George's dominant indirect exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.