Brooklyn, IN
Brooklyn wildfire risk explained
USFS scores Brooklyn at the 18th national percentile for wildfire risk to structures (among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally), a figure built from 1,201 real buildings rather than raw vegetation cover. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Brooklyn at the 19th national percentile — 2 points above its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Where Brooklyn's buildings actually sit
USFS classifies 54.5% of Brooklyn's buildings as Direct exposure, higher than its 44.7% Indirect share and far above its 0.8% Minimal share — a profile where 654 structures sit close enough to vegetation that lot clearing matters most.
Where Brooklyn ranks
Brooklyn's 74th-percentile standing inside Indiana outpaces its 18th 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, Brooklyn ranks 25,997 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 10,644 by building count (1 is largest). Within Indiana alone, it ranks 256 of 967 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Indiana on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Brooklyn
Brooklyn's low rating (18th percentile nationally) sits outside the range where wildfire risk alone reshapes an insurance market — still, a homeowner here loses nothing by comparing rates.
Hardening a home in Brooklyn
Because Direct exposure dominates in Brooklyn (54.5%), the highest-leverage fix is defensible space, not roofing or vents alone — covered in the home-hardening guide.
More on how this number was built
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 1,201 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Brooklyn. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Brooklyn, see the exposure-zones guide.