Blue Ridge, IN
How exposed is Blue Ridge to wildfire?
Out of every US place USFS scores, Blue Ridge lands at the 4th percentile for wildfire risk to structures — among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally — a figure built from its 118 buildings, not the land around them. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Blue Ridge's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 4th percentile nationally.
Where Blue Ridge's buildings actually sit
Direct exposure dominates in Blue Ridge: 53.4% of its 118 buildings, versus 0% Indirect and 46.6% Minimal. Clearing space around a structure changes the outcome here more than any single building-material swap.
How Blue Ridge compares
Blue Ridge's 28th-percentile standing inside Indiana outpaces its 4th national percentile — this is a hotter spot than most of its own state, even though the state as a whole runs cooler nationally. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Blue Ridge ranks 30,313 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 28,236 by building count (1 is largest). Within Indiana alone, it ranks 694 of 967 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Indiana on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Blue Ridge
At the 4th national percentile, Blue Ridge 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
Blue Ridge's 53.4% 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.
Where Blue Ridge's figures come from
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 118 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Blue Ridge. The exposure-zones guide covers what Blue Ridge's dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.