Battle Ground, IN
Battle Ground wildfire risk explained
Out of every US place USFS scores, Battle Ground lands at the 20th percentile for wildfire risk to structures — among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally — a figure built from its 878 buildings, not the land around them. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Battle Ground's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 21st percentile nationally.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
878 buildings are counted in Battle Ground, and 38% of them are Indirect exposure — ember-driven risk rather than the 37.5% in Direct exposure or the 24.5% rated Minimal.
Where Battle Ground ranks
Within Indiana, Battle Ground ranks higher (79th percentile) than it does nationally (20th) — one of the more fire-exposed places in a state that, overall, scores lower than that. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Battle Ground ranks 25,330 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 12,924 by building count (1 is largest). Within Indiana alone, it ranks 203 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
Battle Ground's low rating (20th percentile nationally) sits outside the range where wildfire risk alone reshapes an insurance market — still, a homeowner here loses nothing by comparing rates.
What would actually reduce this score
Because 38% of Battle Ground'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.
More on how this number was built
Every one of the two percentiles behind Battle Ground's 25,330-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. For more on what indirect exposure implies beyond Battle Ground, see the exposure-zones guide.