Thibodaux, LA
How exposed is Thibodaux to wildfire?
Thibodaux's 6,301 buildings earn a 12th-percentile wildfire-risk score nationally under USFS's model — among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Thibodaux's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 12th percentile nationally.
Thibodaux's building exposure, zone by zone
Most of Thibodaux's buildings (69.1% of 6,301) 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. At 6,301 buildings, this is a substantial built environment, so the shares below describe a real population of structures, not a handful of edge cases.
How Thibodaux compares
Thibodaux'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, Thibodaux ranks 27,641 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 2,753 by building count (1 is largest). Within Louisiana alone, it ranks 447 of 488 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Louisiana on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Thibodaux
Thibodaux's low rating (12th 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
Even with 69.1% of Thibodaux outside USFS's Direct and Indirect zones, basic hardening — gutter maintenance, ember-resistant vents — is inexpensive relative to the regional burn-probability risk noted above. Details in the home-hardening guide.
Where Thibodaux's figures come from
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 6,301 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Thibodaux. The exposure-zones guide covers what Thibodaux's dominant minimal exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.