Urania, LA
Urania wildfire risk explained
Urania sits at the 58th percentile nationally for wildfire risk to structures — modestly above the national average for wildfire risk — per USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model, built from its 457 counted buildings, not vegetation cover alone. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Urania at the 59th percentile, close to its 58th-percentile risk score.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
457 buildings are counted in Urania, and 84.5% 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.
How Urania compares
Urania's risk sits at a similar level relative to Louisiana (73rd percentile statewide) as it does nationally (58th) — this place isn't unusual for its own state either way. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Urania ranks 13,174 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 18,128 by building count (1 is largest). Within Louisiana alone, it ranks 135 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 58th national percentile, Urania rates elevated for wildfire risk — well short of the threshold where insurers have been withdrawing coverage, though comparing a quote costs nothing either way.
What would actually reduce this score
With 84.5% of Urania 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 Urania's figures come from
Every one of the two percentiles behind Urania's 13,174-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Urania's dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.