Moss Bluff, LA
How exposed is Moss Bluff to wildfire?
Out of every US place USFS scores, Moss Bluff lands at the 76th percentile for wildfire risk to structures — well above the national norm for wildfire risk — a figure built from its 6,214 buildings, not the land around them. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Moss Bluff at the 78th national percentile — 1 points above its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Where Moss Bluff's buildings actually sit
6,214 buildings are counted in Moss Bluff, and 66.5% of them are Indirect exposure — ember-driven risk rather than the 27% in Direct exposure or the 6.5% rated Minimal. At 6,214 buildings, this is a substantial built environment, so the shares below describe a real population of structures, not a handful of edge cases.
Where Moss Bluff ranks
Moss Bluff scores 76th nationally and 90th 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, Moss Bluff ranks 7,474 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 2,793 by building count (1 is largest). Within Louisiana alone, it ranks 50 of 488 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Louisiana on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Moss Bluff
Moss Bluff's high rating (76th percentile) puts it among the places where the national carrier-pullback trend is most relevant — not a guarantee of a coverage problem, but a reason to shop rather than assume.
Hardening a home in Moss Bluff
Moss Bluff's 66.5% Indirect-exposure share points at embers, not flame contact, as the main pathway — ember-resistant vents and non-combustible roofing rank ahead of defensible space here. Detail in the home-hardening guide.
More on how this number was built
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 6,214 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Moss Bluff. For more on what indirect exposure implies beyond Moss Bluff, see the exposure-zones guide.