Baker, LA
Baker wildfire risk explained
USFS scores Baker at the 24th national percentile for wildfire risk to structures (close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range), a figure built from 5,370 real buildings rather than raw vegetation cover. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Baker's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 25th percentile nationally.
Baker's building exposure, zone by zone
5,370 buildings are counted in Baker, and 49.8% of them are Indirect exposure — ember-driven risk rather than the 43% in Direct exposure or the 7.2% rated Minimal. At 5,370 buildings, this is a substantial built environment, so the shares below describe a real population of structures, not a handful of edge cases.
Baker against the rest of the country
Baker's risk sits at a similar level relative to Louisiana (24th percentile statewide) as it does nationally (24th) — this place isn't unusual for its own state either way. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Baker ranks 24,016 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 3,213 by building count (1 is largest). Within Louisiana alone, it ranks 369 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
Baker's moderate rating (24th percentile nationally) sits outside the range where wildfire risk alone reshapes an insurance market — still, a homeowner here loses nothing by comparing rates.
What would actually reduce this score
Because 49.8% of Baker's buildings sit in the Indirect zone, sealing the ember pathway (vents, roofing, gutters) is the intervention this page's data actually supports — see the home-hardening guide.
Where Baker's figures come from
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 5,370 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Baker. The exposure-zones guide covers what Baker's dominant indirect exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.