New Sarpy, LA
How exposed is New Sarpy to wildfire?
New Sarpy's 711 buildings earn a 41st-percentile wildfire-risk score nationally under USFS's model — modestly above the national average for wildfire risk. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts New Sarpy at the 33rd percentile, close to its 41st-percentile risk score.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
Most of New Sarpy's buildings (73.4% of 711) 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.
New Sarpy against the rest of the country
There's little gap between New Sarpy's 41st national percentile and its 40th percentile inside Louisiana, which means the state comparison mostly confirms what the national score already shows. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, New Sarpy ranks 18,560 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 14,548 by building count (1 is largest). Within Louisiana alone, it ranks 292 of 488 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Louisiana on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in New Sarpy
At the 41st national percentile, New Sarpy rates elevated for wildfire risk — well short of the threshold where insurers have been withdrawing coverage, though comparing a quote costs nothing either way.
What would actually reduce this score
New Sarpy's 73.4% 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 New Sarpy's figures come from
New Sarpy's 41st-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 New Sarpy's dominant minimal exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.