Cedar Grove, IN
How exposed is Cedar Grove to wildfire?
Out of every US place USFS scores, Cedar Grove lands at the 22nd percentile for wildfire risk to structures — close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range — a figure built from its 153 buildings, not the land around them. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Cedar Grove's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 23rd percentile nationally.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
Most of Cedar Grove's buildings (68%) sit in the Indirect zone, where wind-blown embers rather than flame front are the mechanism USFS is scoring — ember-resistant vents and non-combustible roofing are the interventions this pattern favors, more than defensible space alone.
How Cedar Grove compares
Cedar Grove's 85th-percentile standing inside Indiana outpaces its 22nd 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, Cedar Grove ranks 24,670 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 26,741 by building count (1 is largest). Within Indiana alone, it ranks 144 of 967 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Indiana on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Cedar Grove
At the 22nd national percentile, Cedar Grove rates moderate 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
Cedar Grove's 68% 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 Cedar Grove's figures come from
Every one of the two percentiles behind Cedar Grove's 24,670-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Cedar Grove's dominant indirect exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.