Lavaca, AR
Lavaca wildfire risk explained
USFS scores Lavaca at the 86th national percentile for wildfire risk to structures (in USFS's highest wildfire-risk band nationally), a figure built from 1,222 real buildings rather than raw vegetation cover. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Lavaca at the 89th national percentile — 4 points above its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Lavaca's building exposure, zone by zone
1,222 buildings are counted in Lavaca, and 64.7% of them sit in USFS's Direct exposure zone — flame contact, not just ember cast, is the live possibility for most of them, against 0% rated Minimal.
Where Lavaca ranks
There's little gap between Lavaca's 86th national percentile and its 94th percentile inside Arkansas, which means the state comparison mostly confirms what the national score already shows. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Lavaca ranks 4,500 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 10,521 by building count (1 is largest). Within Arkansas alone, it ranks 38 of 614 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Arkansas on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Lavaca
Lavaca's very high rating (86th percentile) puts it among the places where the national carrier-pullback trend is most relevant — not a guarantee of a coverage problem, but a reason to shop rather than assume.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
With 64.7% of Lavaca in Direct exposure, defensible-space clearing and ember-resistant construction (vents, Class-A roofing) address the exposure this page's own numbers describe, not a generic checklist. See the home-hardening guide.
Where Lavaca's figures come from
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 1,222 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Lavaca. The exposure-zones guide covers what Lavaca's dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.