Kraemer, LA
Kraemer wildfire risk explained
USFS scores Kraemer at the 30th national percentile for wildfire risk to structures (close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range), a figure built from 622 real buildings rather than raw vegetation cover. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Kraemer's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 25th percentile nationally.
Where Kraemer's buildings actually sit
Of Kraemer's 622 counted buildings, 97.6% carry Direct exposure and only 0% carry Minimal — a lopsided split that puts defensible-space clearing ahead of vents or roofing as the intervention worth doing first.
Kraemer against the rest of the country
Kraemer's risk sits at a similar level relative to Louisiana (30th percentile statewide) as it does nationally (30th) — this place isn't unusual for its own state either way. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Kraemer ranks 22,058 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 15,527 by building count (1 is largest). Within Louisiana alone, it ranks 342 of 488 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Louisiana on its state page.
Kraemer and the insurance market
Kraemer's moderate wildfire rating (30th 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 Kraemer
Because Direct exposure dominates in Kraemer (97.6%), the highest-leverage fix is defensible space, not roofing or vents alone — covered in the home-hardening guide.
Where Kraemer's figures come from
Kraemer's 30th-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 Kraemer's dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.