Folsom, LA
Folsom, LA's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Folsom's 543 buildings earn a 82nd-percentile wildfire-risk score nationally under USFS's model — in USFS's highest wildfire-risk band nationally. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Folsom at the 85th percentile, close to its 82nd-percentile risk score.
Where Folsom's buildings actually sit
Of Folsom's 543 counted buildings, 82.3% 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 Folsom ranks
Folsom scores 82nd nationally and 93rd 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, Folsom ranks 5,578 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 16,669 by building count (1 is largest). Within Louisiana alone, it ranks 36 of 488 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Louisiana on its state page.
Folsom and the insurance market
Folsom's 82nd-percentile, very 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.
What would actually reduce this score
With 82.3% of Folsom 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 Folsom's figures come from
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 543 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Folsom. The exposure-zones guide covers what Folsom's dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.