Bringhurst, IN
Bringhurst wildfire risk explained
Out of every US place USFS scores, Bringhurst lands at the 1st percentile for wildfire risk to structures — among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally — a figure built from its 171 buildings, not the land around them. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Bringhurst at the 1st national percentile — 0 points above its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Bringhurst's building exposure, zone by zone
Most of Bringhurst's buildings (86.6% of 171) fall outside USFS's Direct and Indirect zones entirely — that doesn't zero out the score above, it means the risk is regional, not structure-by-structure.
Where Bringhurst ranks
Bringhurst scores 1st nationally and 5th within Indiana — close enough that its state context doesn't change the picture the national number already gives. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Bringhurst ranks 31,263 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 25,980 by building count (1 is largest). Within Indiana alone, it ranks 909 of 967 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Indiana on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Bringhurst
Bringhurst's low wildfire rating (1st 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.
What would actually reduce this score
With 86.6% of buildings rated Minimal exposure, Bringhurst gets less benefit from structure hardening than a Direct- or Indirect-dominant place would — the home-hardening guide explains why the zone matters.
More on how this number was built
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 171 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Bringhurst. For more on what minimal exposure implies beyond Bringhurst, see the exposure-zones guide.