Chauvin, LA
How exposed is Chauvin to wildfire?
USFS scores Chauvin at the 29th national percentile for wildfire risk to structures (close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range), a figure built from 1,437 real buildings rather than raw vegetation cover. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Chauvin's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 21st percentile nationally.
Where Chauvin's buildings actually sit
USFS puts 75.3% of Chauvin's 1,437 buildings in the Indirect exposure zone, versus 24.7% Direct and 0% Minimal — a place where the fire doesn't need to reach the structure directly for embers to.
Chauvin against the rest of the country
Chauvin's risk sits at a similar level relative to Louisiana (29th percentile statewide) as it does nationally (29th) — this place isn't unusual for its own state either way. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Chauvin ranks 22,310 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 9,446 by building count (1 is largest). Within Louisiana alone, it ranks 346 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
Chauvin's moderate rating (29th 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
Because 75.3% of Chauvin'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.
More on how this number was built
Every one of the two percentiles behind Chauvin's 22,310-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. For more on what indirect exposure implies beyond Chauvin, see the exposure-zones guide.