Arnaudville, LA
Arnaudville wildfire risk explained
USFS scores Arnaudville at the 12th national percentile for wildfire risk to structures (among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally), a figure built from 706 real buildings rather than raw vegetation cover. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Arnaudville at the 12th national percentile — 0 points above its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Where Arnaudville's buildings actually sit
89% of Arnaudville's 706 buildings fall in USFS's Indirect exposure zone — ember cast rather than direct flame — against 11.1% Direct and 0% Minimal. Vent screens and roofing material matter more here than lot clearing alone.
How Arnaudville compares
Arnaudville's risk sits at a similar level relative to Louisiana (8th percentile statewide) as it does nationally (12th) — this place isn't unusual for its own state either way. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Arnaudville ranks 27,797 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 14,596 by building count (1 is largest). Within Louisiana alone, it ranks 449 of 488 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Louisiana on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Arnaudville
Arnaudville's low wildfire rating (12th percentile) isn't the kind of score driving the carrier pullback making news in the highest-risk Western markets — but a standard homeowners quote is still worth comparing on its own terms.
What would actually reduce this score
With ember exposure the dominant pattern in Arnaudville (89% Indirect), vent screens and roofing material tend to matter more than lot clearing alone. The home-hardening guide covers both.
Where Arnaudville's figures come from
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 706 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Arnaudville. The exposure-zones guide covers what Arnaudville's dominant indirect exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.