Norwood, LA
Norwood, LA's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
USFS scores Norwood at the 76th national percentile for wildfire risk to structures (well above the national norm for wildfire risk), a figure built from 290 real buildings rather than raw vegetation cover. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Norwood at the 78th national percentile — 1 points above its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
290 buildings are counted in Norwood, and 89% of them sit in USFS's Direct exposure zone — flame contact, not just ember cast, is the live possibility for most of them, against 0% rated Minimal.
How Norwood compares
Norwood 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, Norwood ranks 7,528 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 21,910 by building count (1 is largest). Within Louisiana alone, it ranks 51 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
Norwood'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 Norwood
With 89% of Norwood 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 Norwood's figures come from
Every one of the two percentiles behind Norwood's 7,528-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Norwood's dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.