Angola, IN
How exposed is Angola to wildfire?
Angola sits at the 13th percentile nationally for wildfire risk to structures — among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally — per USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model, built from its 3,636 counted buildings, not vegetation cover alone. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Angola at the 14th percentile, close to its 13th-percentile risk score.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
3,636 buildings are counted in Angola, and 61.2% of them are Indirect exposure — ember-driven risk rather than the 16% in Direct exposure or the 22.7% rated Minimal.
Angola against the rest of the country
Angola's 63rd-percentile standing inside Indiana outpaces its 13th national percentile — this is a hotter spot than most of its own state, even though the state as a whole runs cooler nationally. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Angola ranks 27,474 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 4,612 by building count (1 is largest). Within Indiana alone, it ranks 359 of 967 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Indiana on its state page.
What this risk score means for insurance
Angola's low wildfire rating (13th 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 Angola
Angola's 61.2% Indirect-exposure share points at embers, not flame contact, as the main pathway — ember-resistant vents and non-combustible roofing rank ahead of defensible space here. Detail in the home-hardening guide.
More on how this number was built
Angola's 13th-percentile score and its burn-probability figure both come from the same USFS workbook, documented in the methodology guide. For more on what indirect exposure implies beyond Angola, see the exposure-zones guide.