Chrisney, IN
Chrisney wildfire risk explained
Chrisney sits at the 20th percentile nationally for wildfire risk to structures — among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally — per USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model, built from its 347 counted buildings, not vegetation cover alone. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Chrisney at the 21st national percentile — 1 points above its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Chrisney's building exposure, zone by zone
60.5% of Chrisney's 347 buildings sit in USFS's Direct exposure zone, roughly 210 structures close enough to burnable vegetation for flame contact, not just embers — 0% fall in the Indirect, ember-only zone and 39.5% are Minimal.
Chrisney against the rest of the country
Compare Chrisney's two percentiles: 80th within Indiana, only 20th nationally — a gap of 60 points that marks it as unusually exposed for its own state. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Chrisney ranks 25,211 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 20,392 by building count (1 is largest). Within Indiana alone, it ranks 192 of 967 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Indiana on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Chrisney
At the 20th national percentile, Chrisney rates low 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
With 60.5% of Chrisney 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.
More on how this number was built
Every one of the two percentiles behind Chrisney's 25,211-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Chrisney, see the exposure-zones guide.