Brimfield, IN
How exposed is Brimfield to wildfire?
Brimfield's 145 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.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Brimfield at the 6th national percentile — 0 points below its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Brimfield's building exposure, zone by zone
145 buildings are counted in Brimfield, and 77.2% of them are Indirect exposure — ember-driven risk rather than the 22.8% in Direct exposure or the 0% rated Minimal.
Where Brimfield ranks
Within Indiana, Brimfield ranks higher (42nd 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, Brimfield ranks 29,587 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 27,072 by building count (1 is largest). Within Indiana alone, it ranks 558 of 967 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Indiana on its state page.
Brimfield and the insurance market
Brimfield's low wildfire rating (6th percentile) isn't the kind of score driving the carrier pullback making news in the highest-risk Western markets — but a standard homeowners quote is still worth comparing on its own terms.
Hardening a home in Brimfield
Brimfield's 77.2% Indirect-exposure share points at embers, not flame contact, as the main pathway — ember-resistant vents and non-combustible roofing rank ahead of defensible space here. Detail in the home-hardening guide.
Where Brimfield's figures come from
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 145 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Brimfield. The exposure-zones guide covers what Brimfield's dominant indirect exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.