Celestine, IN
Celestine, IN's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Celestine's 180 buildings earn a 24th-percentile wildfire-risk score nationally under USFS's model — close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Celestine at the 25th percentile, close to its 24th-percentile risk score.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
180 buildings are counted in Celestine, and 67.2% of them sit in USFS's Direct exposure zone — flame contact, not just ember cast, is the live possibility for most of them, against 0% rated Minimal.
Celestine against the rest of the country
Within Indiana, Celestine ranks higher (89th percentile) than it does nationally (24th) — one of the more fire-exposed places in a state that, overall, scores lower than that. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Celestine ranks 24,101 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 25,618 by building count (1 is largest). Within Indiana alone, it ranks 107 of 967 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Indiana on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Celestine
Celestine's moderate rating (24th percentile nationally) sits outside the range where wildfire risk alone reshapes an insurance market — still, a homeowner here loses nothing by comparing rates.
What would actually reduce this score
With 67.2% of Celestine in Direct exposure, defensible-space clearing and ember-resistant construction (vents, Class-A roofing) address the exposure this page's own numbers describe, not a generic checklist. See the home-hardening guide.
Where Celestine's figures come from
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 180 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Celestine. The exposure-zones guide covers what Celestine's dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.