Arlington, IN
Arlington wildfire risk explained
Arlington sits at the 3rd 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 316 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 Arlington at the 3rd percentile, close to its 3rd-percentile risk score.
Where Arlington's buildings actually sit
Only 35.4% of Arlington's 316 buildings carry Direct exposure and 0% carry Indirect; the remaining 64.6% are Minimal, which shifts the risk driving this page's score toward the surrounding landscape rather than any one structure.
Where Arlington ranks
Within Indiana, Arlington ranks higher (22nd percentile) than it does nationally (3rd) — one of the more fire-exposed places in a state that, overall, scores lower than that. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Arlington ranks 30,539 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 21,204 by building count (1 is largest). Within Indiana alone, it ranks 750 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
Arlington's low rating (3rd percentile nationally) sits outside the range where wildfire risk alone reshapes an insurance market — still, a homeowner here loses nothing by comparing rates.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
Arlington's 64.6% Minimal-exposure share means structure-level hardening matters less here than it would elsewhere — still worth the low-cost basics, per the home-hardening guide.
Where Arlington's figures come from
Arlington's 3rd-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 Arlington's dominant minimal exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.