Schriever, LA
How exposed is Schriever to wildfire?
USFS scores Schriever at the 14th national percentile for wildfire risk to structures (among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally), a figure built from 3,457 real buildings rather than raw vegetation cover. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Schriever at the 14th percentile, close to its 14th-percentile risk score.
Where Schriever's buildings actually sit
64.8% of Schriever's 3,457 buildings fall in USFS's Indirect exposure zone — ember cast rather than direct flame — against 20.6% Direct and 14.6% Minimal. Vent screens and roofing material matter more here than lot clearing alone.
Where Schriever ranks
Schriever scores 14th nationally and 12th 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, Schriever ranks 26,976 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 4,836 by building count (1 is largest). Within Louisiana alone, it ranks 433 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 14th national percentile, Schriever rates low 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 Schriever
With ember exposure the dominant pattern in Schriever (64.8% Indirect), vent screens and roofing material tend to matter more than lot clearing alone. The home-hardening guide covers both.
Where Schriever's figures come from
Schriever's 14th-percentile score and its burn-probability figure both come from the same USFS workbook, documented in the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Schriever's dominant indirect exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.