Claiborne, LA
Claiborne wildfire risk explained
Out of every US place USFS scores, Claiborne lands at the 39th percentile for wildfire risk to structures — close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range — a figure built from its 5,586 buildings, not the land around them. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Claiborne's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 40th percentile nationally.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
Most of Claiborne's buildings (51.7%) sit in the Indirect zone, where wind-blown embers rather than flame front are the mechanism USFS is scoring — ember-resistant vents and non-combustible roofing are the interventions this pattern favors, more than defensible space alone. At 5,586 buildings, this is a substantial built environment, so the shares below describe a real population of structures, not a handful of edge cases.
Claiborne against the rest of the country
There's little gap between Claiborne's 39th national percentile and its 38th percentile inside Louisiana, which means the state comparison mostly confirms what the national score already shows. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Claiborne ranks 19,096 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 3,086 by building count (1 is largest). Within Louisiana alone, it ranks 301 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
At the 39th national percentile, Claiborne rates moderate for wildfire risk — well short of the threshold where insurers have been withdrawing coverage, though comparing a quote costs nothing either way.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
Because 51.7% of Claiborne'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 Claiborne's figures come from
Claiborne's 39th-percentile score and its burn-probability figure both come from the same USFS workbook, documented in the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Claiborne's dominant indirect exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.