Arabi, LA
Arabi, LA's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Arabi sits at the 41st 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 2,423 counted buildings, not vegetation cover alone. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Arabi at the 35th national percentile — 6 points below its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Where Arabi's buildings actually sit
Arabi rates 99.2% Minimal exposure against just 0.4% Direct and 0.4% Indirect — of 2,423 buildings counted, few sit close enough to burnable vegetation for USFS to flag them individually.
Arabi against the rest of the country
Arabi's risk sits at a similar level relative to Louisiana (41st percentile statewide) as it does nationally (41st) — this place isn't unusual for its own state either way. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Arabi ranks 18,523 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 6,456 by building count (1 is largest). Within Louisiana alone, it ranks 291 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
At the 41st national percentile, Arabi 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
Arabi's 99.2% 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.
More on how this number was built
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 2,423 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Arabi. For more on what minimal exposure implies beyond Arabi, see the exposure-zones guide.