Wisner, LA
Wisner, LA's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model puts Wisner at the 35th national percentile for risk to structures, close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range — a score built from 523 actual buildings. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Wisner's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 35th percentile nationally.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
Of Wisner's 523 counted buildings, 50.3% 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.
How Wisner compares
Wisner's risk sits at a similar level relative to Louisiana (34th percentile statewide) as it does nationally (35th) — this place isn't unusual for its own state either way. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Wisner ranks 20,449 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 16,983 by building count (1 is largest). Within Louisiana alone, it ranks 325 of 488 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Louisiana on its state page.
Wisner and the insurance market
At the 35th national percentile, Wisner rates moderate 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
With 50.3% of Wisner 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.
More on how this number was built
Wisner's 35th-percentile score and its burn-probability figure both come from the same USFS workbook, documented in the methodology guide. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Wisner, see the exposure-zones guide.