Kinder, LA
Kinder, LA's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model puts Kinder at the 63rd national percentile for risk to structures, well above the national norm for wildfire risk — a score built from 1,506 actual buildings. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Kinder's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 64th percentile nationally.
Where Kinder's buildings actually sit
1,506 buildings are counted in Kinder, and 83.1% of them are Indirect exposure — ember-driven risk rather than the 13.6% in Direct exposure or the 3.3% rated Minimal.
How Kinder compares
Compare Kinder's two percentiles: 78th within Louisiana, only 63rd nationally — a gap of 16 points that marks it as unusually exposed for its own state. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Kinder ranks 11,752 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 9,140 by building count (1 is largest). Within Louisiana alone, it ranks 106 of 488 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Louisiana on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Kinder
At the 63rd percentile nationally, Kinder carries the high rating that has pushed some carriers to limit new business in similarly-scored places elsewhere in the country. Worth comparing quotes rather than assuming last year's renewal terms still apply.
What would actually reduce this score
Because 83.1% of Kinder'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 Kinder's figures come from
Every one of the two percentiles behind Kinder's 11,752-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Kinder's dominant indirect exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.