Bienville, LA
Bienville wildfire risk explained
Out of every US place USFS scores, Bienville lands at the 50th percentile for wildfire risk to structures — modestly above the national average for wildfire risk — a figure built from its 242 buildings, not the land around them. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Bienville's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 51st percentile nationally.
Where Bienville's buildings actually sit
Of Bienville's 242 counted buildings, 90.5% carry Direct exposure and only 0% carry Minimal — a lopsided split that puts defensible-space clearing ahead of vents or roofing as the intervention worth doing first.
Where Bienville ranks
Bienville scores 50th nationally and 58th 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, Bienville ranks 15,660 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 23,390 by building count (1 is largest). Within Louisiana alone, it ranks 205 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
Bienville's elevated wildfire rating (50th 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.
Hardening a home in Bienville
Because Direct exposure dominates in Bienville (90.5%), the highest-leverage fix is defensible space, not roofing or vents alone — covered in the home-hardening guide.
More on how this number was built
Every one of the two percentiles behind Bienville's 15,660-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Bienville, see the exposure-zones guide.