New Orleans Station, LA
New Orleans Station wildfire risk explained
New Orleans Station sits at the 27th percentile nationally for wildfire risk to structures — close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range — per USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model, built from its 695 counted buildings, not vegetation cover alone. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts New Orleans Station at the 26th percentile, close to its 27th-percentile risk score.
Where New Orleans Station's buildings actually sit
Indirect exposure is dominant in New Orleans Station (94.7% of 695 buildings): far enough from burnable vegetation to avoid flame contact, close enough for wind-blown embers. Only 5.3% sit in the Direct zone.
New Orleans Station against the rest of the country
There's little gap between New Orleans Station's 27th national percentile and its 28th percentile inside Louisiana, which means the state comparison mostly confirms what the national score already shows. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, New Orleans Station ranks 22,915 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 14,718 by building count (1 is largest). Within Louisiana alone, it ranks 353 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 27th national percentile, New Orleans Station rates moderate for wildfire risk — well short of the threshold where insurers have been withdrawing coverage, though comparing a quote costs nothing either way.
Hardening a home in New Orleans Station
New Orleans Station's 94.7% 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.
Where New Orleans Station's figures come from
Every one of the two percentiles behind New Orleans Station's 22,915-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what New Orleans Station's dominant indirect exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.