Saline, LA
Saline wildfire risk explained
Saline's 227 buildings earn a 56th-percentile wildfire-risk score nationally under USFS's model — modestly above the national average for wildfire risk. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Saline at the 56th percentile, close to its 56th-percentile risk score.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
227 buildings are counted in Saline, and 72.7% of them sit in USFS's Direct exposure zone — flame contact, not just ember cast, is the live possibility for most of them, against 0% rated Minimal.
Saline against the rest of the country
There's little gap between Saline's 56th national percentile and its 67th percentile inside Louisiana, which means the state comparison mostly confirms what the national score already shows. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Saline ranks 14,023 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 23,887 by building count (1 is largest). Within Louisiana alone, it ranks 162 of 488 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Louisiana on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Saline
Saline's elevated rating (56th percentile nationally) sits outside the range where wildfire risk alone reshapes an insurance market — still, a homeowner here loses nothing by comparing rates.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
With 72.7% of Saline 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 Saline's figures come from
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 227 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Saline. The exposure-zones guide covers what Saline's dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.