Blairsville, IN
Blairsville, IN's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model puts Blairsville at the 6th national percentile for risk to structures, among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally — a score built from 269 actual buildings. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Blairsville's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 6th percentile nationally.
Where Blairsville's buildings actually sit
63.6% of Blairsville's 269 buildings sit in USFS's Direct exposure zone, roughly 171 structures close enough to burnable vegetation for flame contact, not just embers — 0% fall in the Indirect, ember-only zone and 36.4% are Minimal.
Where Blairsville ranks
Within Indiana, Blairsville ranks higher (41st percentile) than it does nationally (6th) — one of the more fire-exposed places in a state that, overall, scores lower than that. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Blairsville ranks 29,622 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 22,529 by building count (1 is largest). Within Indiana alone, it ranks 567 of 967 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Indiana on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Blairsville
Blairsville'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
Blairsville's 63.6% Direct-exposure share means lot clearing around the structure typically outweighs any single material upgrade here. The home-hardening guide ranks the options for a place shaped like this.
More on how this number was built
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 269 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Blairsville. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Blairsville, see the exposure-zones guide.