Roseland, LA
How exposed is Roseland to wildfire?
Roseland's 649 buildings earn a 73rd-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 Roseland at the 75th national percentile — 2 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
89.2% of Roseland's 649 buildings sit in USFS's Direct exposure zone, roughly 579 structures close enough to burnable vegetation for flame contact, not just embers — 10.5% fall in the Indirect, ember-only zone and 0.3% are Minimal.
Roseland against the rest of the country
There's little gap between Roseland's 73rd national percentile and its 87th percentile inside Louisiana, which means the state comparison mostly confirms what the national score already shows. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Roseland ranks 8,411 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 15,209 by building count (1 is largest). Within Louisiana alone, it ranks 64 of 488 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Louisiana on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Roseland
At the 73rd percentile nationally, Roseland 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.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
Roseland's 89.2% Direct-exposure share means lot clearing around the structure typically outweighs any single material upgrade here. The home-hardening guide ranks the options for a place shaped like this.
More on how this number was built
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 649 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Roseland. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Roseland, see the exposure-zones guide.