Red Chute, LA
Red Chute, LA's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model puts Red Chute at the 49th national percentile for risk to structures, modestly above the national average for wildfire risk — a score built from 3,380 actual buildings. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Red Chute at the 50th percentile, close to its 49th-percentile risk score.
Where Red Chute's buildings actually sit
USFS puts 75.1% of Red Chute's 3,380 buildings in the Indirect exposure zone, versus 24.9% Direct and 0% Minimal — a place where the fire doesn't need to reach the structure directly for embers to.
Where Red Chute ranks
Red Chute's risk sits at a similar level relative to Louisiana (55th percentile statewide) as it does nationally (49th) — this place isn't unusual for its own state either way. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Red Chute ranks 16,166 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 4,941 by building count (1 is largest). Within Louisiana alone, it ranks 219 of 488 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Louisiana on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Red Chute
Red Chute's elevated rating (49th percentile nationally) sits outside the range where wildfire risk alone reshapes an insurance market — still, a homeowner here loses nothing by comparing rates.
Hardening a home in Red Chute
Because 75.1% of Red Chute'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 Red Chute's figures come from
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 3,380 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Red Chute. The exposure-zones guide covers what Red Chute's dominant indirect exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.