Attica, IN
Attica wildfire risk explained
Attica 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 1,954 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 Attica at the 13th percentile, close to its 13th-percentile risk score.
Where Attica's buildings actually sit
Most of Attica's buildings (82.5%) sit in the Indirect zone, where wind-blown embers rather than flame front are the mechanism USFS is scoring — ember-resistant vents and non-combustible roofing are the interventions this pattern favors, more than defensible space alone.
Where Attica ranks
Compare Attica's two percentiles: 64th within Indiana, only 13th nationally — a gap of 51 points that marks it as unusually exposed for its own state. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Attica ranks 27,414 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 7,605 by building count (1 is largest). Within Indiana alone, it ranks 351 of 967 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Indiana on its state page.
Attica and the insurance market
At the 13th national percentile, Attica rates low for wildfire risk — well short of the threshold where insurers have been withdrawing coverage, though comparing a quote costs nothing either way.
What would actually reduce this score
Attica's 82.5% 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.
Where Attica's figures come from
Attica's 13th-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 Attica's dominant indirect exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.