Vienna Bend, LA
Vienna Bend, LA's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Vienna Bend sits at the 44th 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 663 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 Vienna Bend at the 47th percentile, close to its 44th-percentile risk score.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
Direct exposure dominates in Vienna Bend: 50.8% of its 663 buildings, versus 20.5% Indirect and 28.7% Minimal. Clearing space around a structure changes the outcome here more than any single building-material swap.
How Vienna Bend compares
Vienna Bend's risk sits at a similar level relative to Louisiana (46th percentile statewide) as it does nationally (44th) — this place isn't unusual for its own state either way. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Vienna Bend ranks 17,515 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 15,028 by building count (1 is largest). Within Louisiana alone, it ranks 264 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
Vienna Bend's elevated rating (44th percentile nationally) sits outside the range where wildfire risk alone reshapes an insurance market — still, a homeowner here loses nothing by comparing rates.
Hardening a home in Vienna Bend
With 50.8% of Vienna Bend 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 Vienna Bend's figures come from
Vienna Bend's 44th-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 Vienna Bend's dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.