Abbeville, LA
Abbeville wildfire risk explained
Abbeville sits at the 42nd 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 6,028 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 Abbeville at the 46th percentile, close to its 42nd-percentile risk score.
Abbeville's building exposure, zone by zone
Most of Abbeville's buildings (91.5% of 6,028) fall outside USFS's Direct and Indirect zones entirely — that doesn't zero out the score above, it means the risk is regional, not structure-by-structure. At 6,028 buildings, this is a substantial built environment, so the shares below describe a real population of structures, not a handful of edge cases.
Where Abbeville ranks
There's little gap between Abbeville's 42nd national percentile and its 42nd percentile inside Louisiana, which means the state comparison mostly confirms what the national score already shows. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Abbeville ranks 18,150 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 2,869 by building count (1 is largest). Within Louisiana alone, it ranks 281 of 488 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Louisiana on its state page.
Abbeville and the insurance market
At the 42nd national percentile, Abbeville 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
Abbeville's 91.5% Minimal-exposure share means structure-level hardening matters less here than it would elsewhere — still worth the low-cost basics, per the home-hardening guide.
Where Abbeville's figures come from
Every one of the two percentiles behind Abbeville's 18,150-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Abbeville's dominant minimal exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.