Clinton, IN
Clinton, IN's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Clinton sits at the 14th 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 3,071 counted buildings, not vegetation cover alone. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Clinton at the 15th percentile, close to its 14th-percentile risk score.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
3,071 buildings are counted in Clinton, and 69.9% of them are Indirect exposure — ember-driven risk rather than the 6.4% in Direct exposure or the 23.8% rated Minimal.
Where Clinton ranks
Within Indiana, Clinton ranks higher (67th percentile) than it does nationally (14th) — one of the more fire-exposed places in a state that, overall, scores lower than that. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Clinton ranks 26,940 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 5,323 by building count (1 is largest). Within Indiana alone, it ranks 318 of 967 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Indiana on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Clinton
Clinton's low rating (14th 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 ember exposure the dominant pattern in Clinton (69.9% Indirect), vent screens and roofing material tend to matter more than lot clearing alone. The home-hardening guide covers both.
More on how this number was built
Every one of the two percentiles behind Clinton's 26,940-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. For more on what indirect exposure implies beyond Clinton, see the exposure-zones guide.