Aberdeen, IN
How exposed is Aberdeen to wildfire?
USFS scores Aberdeen at the 51st national percentile for wildfire risk to structures (modestly above the national average for wildfire risk), a figure built from 722 real buildings rather than raw vegetation cover. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Aberdeen's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 54th percentile nationally.
Aberdeen's building exposure, zone by zone
50.4% of Aberdeen's 722 buildings fall in USFS's Indirect exposure zone — ember cast rather than direct flame — against 49.6% Direct and 0% Minimal. Vent screens and roofing material matter more here than lot clearing alone.
How Aberdeen compares
Compare Aberdeen's two percentiles: 97th within Indiana, only 51st nationally — a gap of 46 points that marks it as unusually exposed for its own state. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Aberdeen ranks 15,406 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 14,421 by building count (1 is largest). Within Indiana alone, it ranks 26 of 967 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Indiana on its state page.
Aberdeen and the insurance market
At the 51st national percentile, Aberdeen rates elevated for wildfire risk — well short of the threshold where insurers have been withdrawing coverage, though comparing a quote costs nothing either way.
Hardening a home in Aberdeen
With ember exposure the dominant pattern in Aberdeen (50.4% Indirect), vent screens and roofing material tend to matter more than lot clearing alone. The home-hardening guide covers both.
More on how this number was built
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 722 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Aberdeen. For more on what indirect exposure implies beyond Aberdeen, see the exposure-zones guide.