Arcadia, LA
How exposed is Arcadia to wildfire?
USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model puts Arcadia at the 48th national percentile for risk to structures, modestly above the national average for wildfire risk — a score built from 1,603 actual buildings. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Arcadia's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 49th percentile nationally.
Where Arcadia's buildings actually sit
Indirect exposure is dominant in Arcadia (67.7% of 1,603 buildings): far enough from burnable vegetation to avoid flame contact, close enough for wind-blown embers. Only 32.3% sit in the Direct zone.
Arcadia against the rest of the country
Arcadia scores 48th nationally and 55th 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, Arcadia ranks 16,291 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 8,760 by building count (1 is largest). Within Louisiana alone, it ranks 222 of 488 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Louisiana on its state page.
Arcadia and the insurance market
Arcadia's elevated rating (48th percentile nationally) sits outside the range where wildfire risk alone reshapes an insurance market — still, a homeowner here loses nothing by comparing rates.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
Arcadia's 67.7% Indirect-exposure share points at embers, not flame contact, as the main pathway — ember-resistant vents and non-combustible roofing rank ahead of defensible space here. Detail in the home-hardening guide.
More on how this number was built
Every one of the two percentiles behind Arcadia's 16,291-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. For more on what indirect exposure implies beyond Arcadia, see the exposure-zones guide.