Florien, LA
Florien, LA's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
USFS scores Florien at the 73rd national percentile for wildfire risk to structures (well above the national norm for wildfire risk), a figure built from 440 real buildings rather than raw vegetation cover. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Florien's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 73rd percentile nationally.
Florien's building exposure, zone by zone
Of Florien's 440 counted buildings, 79.1% 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.
Florien against the rest of the country
Florien's risk sits at a similar level relative to Louisiana (87th percentile statewide) as it does nationally (73rd) — this place isn't unusual for its own state either way. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Florien ranks 8,663 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 18,457 by building count (1 is largest). Within Louisiana alone, it ranks 66 of 488 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Louisiana on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Florien
Florien's 73rd-percentile, high rating is the kind of score behind a broader national pattern: insurers pulling back from the highest wildfire-risk markets, non-renewing or declining new policies outright, most visibly in California. Shopping around, not assuming automatic renewal, tends to matter here.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
With 79.1% of Florien 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.
Where Florien's figures come from
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 440 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Florien. The exposure-zones guide covers what Florien's dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.