Zwolle, LA
Zwolle, LA's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Out of every US place USFS scores, Zwolle lands at the 56th percentile for wildfire risk to structures — modestly above the national average for wildfire risk — a figure built from its 1,108 buildings, not the land around them. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Zwolle at the 57th national percentile — 1 points above its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Zwolle's building exposure, zone by zone
1,108 buildings are counted in Zwolle, and 57.5% of them sit in USFS's Direct exposure zone — flame contact, not just ember cast, is the live possibility for most of them, against 0.7% rated Minimal.
Where Zwolle ranks
There's little gap between Zwolle's 56th national percentile and its 69th percentile inside Louisiana, which means the state comparison mostly confirms what the national score already shows. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Zwolle ranks 13,705 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 11,232 by building count (1 is largest). Within Louisiana alone, it ranks 153 of 488 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Louisiana on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Zwolle
Zwolle's elevated wildfire rating (56th 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.
What would actually reduce this score
With 57.5% of Zwolle 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.
More on how this number was built
Zwolle's 56th-percentile score and its burn-probability figure both come from the same USFS workbook, documented in the methodology guide. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Zwolle, see the exposure-zones guide.