Grand Cane, LA
How exposed is Grand Cane to wildfire?
Grand Cane's 211 buildings earn a 68th-percentile wildfire-risk score nationally under USFS's model — well above the national norm for wildfire risk. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Grand Cane at the 69th national percentile — 0 points above its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Where Grand Cane's buildings actually sit
USFS classifies 75.8% of Grand Cane's buildings as Direct exposure, higher than its 24.2% Indirect share and far above its 0% Minimal share — a profile where 160 structures sit close enough to vegetation that lot clearing matters most.
Where Grand Cane ranks
Compare Grand Cane's two percentiles: 84th within Louisiana, only 68th nationally — a gap of 16 points that marks it as unusually exposed for its own state. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Grand Cane ranks 9,954 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 24,438 by building count (1 is largest). Within Louisiana alone, it ranks 77 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 68th percentile nationally, Grand Cane carries the high rating that has pushed some carriers to limit new business in similarly-scored places elsewhere in the country. Worth comparing quotes rather than assuming last year's renewal terms still apply.
Hardening a home in Grand Cane
With 75.8% of Grand Cane 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.
More on how this number was built
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 211 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Grand Cane. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Grand Cane, see the exposure-zones guide.