Waggaman, LA
Waggaman, LA's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Waggaman's 4,373 buildings earn a 38th-percentile wildfire-risk score nationally under USFS's model — close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Waggaman's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 32nd percentile nationally.
Where Waggaman's buildings actually sit
92.8% of Waggaman's 4,373 buildings fall in USFS's Indirect exposure zone — ember cast rather than direct flame — against 7% Direct and 0.1% Minimal. Vent screens and roofing material matter more here than lot clearing alone.
How Waggaman compares
Waggaman's risk sits at a similar level relative to Louisiana (36th percentile statewide) as it does nationally (38th) — this place isn't unusual for its own state either way. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Waggaman ranks 19,662 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 3,904 by building count (1 is largest). Within Louisiana alone, it ranks 313 of 488 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Louisiana on its state page.
Waggaman and the insurance market
Waggaman's moderate wildfire rating (38th 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 92.8% of Waggaman's buildings sit in the Indirect zone, sealing the ember pathway (vents, roofing, gutters) is the intervention this page's data actually supports — see the home-hardening guide.
Where Waggaman's figures come from
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 4,373 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Waggaman. The exposure-zones guide covers what Waggaman's dominant indirect exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.