Chataignier, LA
Chataignier wildfire risk explained
Chataignier's 255 buildings earn a 43rd-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 Chataignier at the 45th percentile, close to its 43rd-percentile risk score.
Where Chataignier's buildings actually sit
Of Chataignier's 255 counted buildings, 79.6% carry Direct exposure and only 20.4% carry Minimal — a lopsided split that puts defensible-space clearing ahead of vents or roofing as the intervention worth doing first.
Chataignier against the rest of the country
Chataignier's risk sits at a similar level relative to Louisiana (45th percentile statewide) as it does nationally (43rd) — this place isn't unusual for its own state either way. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Chataignier ranks 17,834 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 22,980 by building count (1 is largest). Within Louisiana alone, it ranks 271 of 488 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Louisiana on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Chataignier
Chataignier's elevated wildfire rating (43rd 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 Chataignier
With 79.6% of Chataignier 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.
More on how this number was built
Chataignier's 43rd-percentile score and its burn-probability figure both come from the same USFS workbook, documented in the methodology guide. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Chataignier, see the exposure-zones guide.