Azalia, IN
Azalia wildfire risk explained
Azalia sits at the 15th 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 93 counted buildings, not vegetation cover alone. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Azalia's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 16th percentile nationally.
Azalia's building exposure, zone by zone
Most of Azalia's buildings (51.6%) 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.
Azalia against the rest of the country
Compare Azalia's two percentiles: 68th within Indiana, only 15th nationally — a gap of 53 points that marks it as unusually exposed for its own state. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Azalia ranks 26,846 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 29,348 by building count (1 is largest). Within Indiana alone, it ranks 310 of 967 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Indiana on its state page.
Azalia and the insurance market
Azalia's low rating (15th 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 Azalia
Because 51.6% of Azalia'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 Azalia's figures come from
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 93 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Azalia. The exposure-zones guide covers what Azalia's dominant indirect exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.