Vinton, LA
Vinton wildfire risk explained
Vinton sits at the 84th percentile nationally for wildfire risk to structures — in USFS's highest wildfire-risk band nationally — per USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model, built from its 1,877 counted buildings, not vegetation cover alone. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Vinton at the 88th national percentile — 3 points above its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Vinton's building exposure, zone by zone
60.3% of Vinton's 1,877 buildings fall in USFS's Indirect exposure zone — ember cast rather than direct flame — against 39.7% Direct and 0% Minimal. Vent screens and roofing material matter more here than lot clearing alone.
Vinton against the rest of the country
Vinton scores 84th nationally and 94th 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, Vinton ranks 5,017 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 7,831 by building count (1 is largest). Within Louisiana alone, it ranks 32 of 488 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Louisiana on its state page.
Vinton and the insurance market
Vinton's 84th-percentile, very high rating is the kind of score behind a broader national pattern: insurers pulling back from the highest wildfire-risk markets, non-renewing or declining new policies outright, most visibly in California. Shopping around, not assuming automatic renewal, tends to matter here.
Hardening a home in Vinton
Because 60.3% of Vinton'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 Vinton's figures come from
Every one of the two percentiles behind Vinton's 5,017-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Vinton's dominant indirect exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.