Harahan, LA
Harahan, LA's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Harahan's 4,607 buildings earn a 22nd-percentile wildfire-risk score nationally under USFS's model — close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Harahan at the 21st national percentile — 1 points below its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Where Harahan's buildings actually sit
Most of Harahan's buildings (90.6% of 4,607) 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.
How Harahan compares
Harahan's risk sits at a similar level relative to Louisiana (22nd percentile statewide) as it does nationally (22nd) — this place isn't unusual for its own state either way. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Harahan ranks 24,646 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 3,696 by building count (1 is largest). Within Louisiana alone, it ranks 382 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
Harahan's moderate wildfire rating (22nd 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.
Hardening a home in Harahan
Harahan's 90.6% 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 Harahan's figures come from
Harahan's 22nd-percentile score and its burn-probability figure both come from the same USFS workbook, documented in the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Harahan's dominant minimal exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.