Ossun, LA
Ossun wildfire risk explained
USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model puts Ossun at the 50th national percentile for risk to structures, modestly above the national average for wildfire risk — a score built from 1,122 actual buildings. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Ossun's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 54th percentile nationally.
Where Ossun's buildings actually sit
1,122 buildings are counted in Ossun, and 70.7% of them sit in USFS's Direct exposure zone — flame contact, not just ember cast, is the live possibility for most of them, against 8.7% rated Minimal.
How Ossun compares
Ossun scores 50th nationally and 58th 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, Ossun ranks 15,630 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 11,140 by building count (1 is largest). Within Louisiana alone, it ranks 204 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
Ossun's elevated wildfire rating (50th percentile) isn't the kind of score driving the carrier pullback making news in the highest-risk Western markets — but a standard homeowners quote is still worth comparing on its own terms.
What would actually reduce this score
Because Direct exposure dominates in Ossun (70.7%), the highest-leverage fix is defensible space, not roofing or vents alone — covered in the home-hardening guide.
More on how this number was built
Every one of the two percentiles behind Ossun's 15,630-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Ossun, see the exposure-zones guide.