Convent, LA
How exposed is Convent to wildfire?
Out of every US place USFS scores, Convent lands at the 8th percentile for wildfire risk to structures — among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally — a figure built from its 491 buildings, not the land around them. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Convent at the 9th percentile, close to its 8th-percentile risk score.
Convent's building exposure, zone by zone
Only 41.8% of Convent's 491 buildings carry Direct exposure and 0% carry Indirect; the remaining 58.3% are Minimal, which shifts the risk driving this page's score toward the surrounding landscape rather than any one structure.
Where Convent ranks
Convent's risk sits at a similar level relative to Louisiana (3rd percentile statewide) as it does nationally (8th) — this place isn't unusual for its own state either way. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Convent ranks 28,934 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 17,512 by building count (1 is largest). Within Louisiana alone, it ranks 475 of 488 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Louisiana on its state page.
Convent and the insurance market
At the 8th national percentile, Convent rates low for wildfire risk — well short of the threshold where insurers have been withdrawing coverage, though comparing a quote costs nothing either way.
What would actually reduce this score
Convent's 58.3% Minimal-exposure share means structure-level hardening matters less here than it would elsewhere — still worth the low-cost basics, per the home-hardening guide.
Where Convent's figures come from
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 491 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Convent. The exposure-zones guide covers what Convent's dominant minimal exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.