Wilson, LA
Wilson, LA's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Wilson's 336 buildings earn a 74th-percentile wildfire-risk score nationally under USFS's model — well above the national norm for wildfire risk. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Wilson at the 76th national percentile — 2 points above its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
100% of Wilson's 336 buildings sit in USFS's Direct exposure zone, roughly 336 structures close enough to burnable vegetation for flame contact, not just embers — 0% fall in the Indirect, ember-only zone and 0% are Minimal.
Wilson against the rest of the country
There's little gap between Wilson's 74th national percentile and its 87th percentile inside Louisiana, which means the state comparison mostly confirms what the national score already shows. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Wilson ranks 8,189 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 20,677 by building count (1 is largest). Within Louisiana alone, it ranks 63 of 488 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Louisiana on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Wilson
At the 74th percentile nationally, Wilson 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 Wilson
Wilson's 100% Direct-exposure share means lot clearing around the structure typically outweighs any single material upgrade here. The home-hardening guide ranks the options for a place shaped like this.
More on how this number was built
Every one of the two percentiles behind Wilson's 8,189-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Wilson, see the exposure-zones guide.