Keachi, LA
Keachi wildfire risk explained
Keachi's 316 buildings earn a 66th-percentile wildfire-risk score nationally under USFS's model — well above the national norm for wildfire risk. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Keachi's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 67th percentile nationally.
Where Keachi's buildings actually sit
Direct exposure dominates in Keachi: 100% of its 316 buildings, versus 0% Indirect and 0% Minimal. Clearing space around a structure changes the outcome here more than any single building-material swap.
Where Keachi ranks
Compare Keachi's two percentiles: 82nd within Louisiana, only 66th nationally — a gap of 16 points that marks it as unusually exposed for its own state. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Keachi ranks 10,716 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 21,206 by building count (1 is largest). Within Louisiana alone, it ranks 88 of 488 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Louisiana on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Keachi
Keachi's high rating (66th 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.
What would actually reduce this score
With 100% of Keachi 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 Keachi's figures come from
Keachi's 66th-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 Keachi's dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.