St. Maurice, LA
How exposed is St. Maurice to wildfire?
St. Maurice's 206 buildings earn a 63rd-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.)
Separately from the risk score above, St. Maurice's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 64th percentile nationally.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
Of St. Maurice's 206 counted buildings, 95.2% carry Direct exposure and only 0% carry Minimal — a lopsided split that puts defensible-space clearing ahead of vents or roofing as the intervention worth doing first.
Where St. Maurice ranks
Compare St. Maurice's two percentiles: 78th within Louisiana, only 63rd nationally — a gap of 16 points that marks it as unusually exposed for its own state. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, St. Maurice ranks 11,817 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 24,640 by building count (1 is largest). Within Louisiana alone, it ranks 107 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
St. Maurice's high rating (63rd 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.
What would actually reduce this score
Because Direct exposure dominates in St. Maurice (95.2%), the highest-leverage fix is defensible space, not roofing or vents alone — covered in the home-hardening guide.
Where St. Maurice's figures come from
St. Maurice's 63rd-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 St. Maurice's dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.