Bicknell, IN
How exposed is Bicknell to wildfire?
Bicknell's 1,944 buildings earn a 6th-percentile wildfire-risk score nationally under USFS's model — among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Bicknell at the 6th percentile, close to its 6th-percentile risk score.
Where Bicknell's buildings actually sit
Bicknell rates 85.2% Minimal exposure against just 14.8% Direct and 0% Indirect — of 1,944 buildings counted, few sit close enough to burnable vegetation for USFS to flag them individually.
Where Bicknell ranks
Compare Bicknell's two percentiles: 39th within Indiana, only 6th nationally — a gap of 33 points that marks it as unusually exposed for its own state. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Bicknell ranks 29,746 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 7,635 by building count (1 is largest). Within Indiana alone, it ranks 587 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
Bicknell's low rating (6th 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
Even with 85.2% of Bicknell outside USFS's Direct and Indirect zones, basic hardening — gutter maintenance, ember-resistant vents — is inexpensive relative to the regional burn-probability risk noted above. Details in the home-hardening guide.
More on how this number was built
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 1,944 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Bicknell. For more on what minimal exposure implies beyond Bicknell, see the exposure-zones guide.