Venice, LA
Venice wildfire risk explained
Venice's 348 buildings earn a 42nd-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 Venice at the 26th percentile, lower than its 42nd-percentile risk score, because so much is actually built here.
Venice's building exposure, zone by zone
97.1% of Venice's 348 buildings fall in USFS's Indirect exposure zone — ember cast rather than direct flame — against 2.6% Direct and 0.3% Minimal. Vent screens and roofing material matter more here than lot clearing alone.
Where Venice ranks
There's little gap between Venice's 42nd national percentile and its 41st percentile inside Louisiana, which means the state comparison mostly confirms what the national score already shows. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Venice ranks 18,305 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 20,364 by building count (1 is largest). Within Louisiana alone, it ranks 288 of 488 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Louisiana on its state page.
Venice and the insurance market
At the 42nd national percentile, Venice rates elevated for wildfire risk — well short of the threshold where insurers have been withdrawing coverage, though comparing a quote costs nothing either way.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
Because 97.1% of Venice's buildings sit in the Indirect zone, sealing the ember pathway (vents, roofing, gutters) is the intervention this page's data actually supports — see the home-hardening guide.
Where Venice's figures come from
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 348 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Venice. The exposure-zones guide covers what Venice's dominant indirect exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.