Corydon, IN
Corydon wildfire risk explained
Out of every US place USFS scores, Corydon lands at the 20th percentile for wildfire risk to structures — among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally — a figure built from its 1,683 buildings, not the land around them. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Corydon's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 21st percentile nationally.
Corydon's building exposure, zone by zone
60.4% of Corydon's 1,683 buildings fall in USFS's Indirect exposure zone — ember cast rather than direct flame — against 39.6% Direct and 0% Minimal. Vent screens and roofing material matter more here than lot clearing alone.
Corydon against the rest of the country
Compare Corydon's two percentiles: 78th within Indiana, only 20th nationally — a gap of 59 points that marks it as unusually exposed for its own state. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Corydon ranks 25,362 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 8,483 by building count (1 is largest). Within Indiana alone, it ranks 208 of 967 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Indiana on its state page.
What this risk score means for insurance
Corydon's low wildfire rating (20th percentile) isn't the kind of score driving the carrier pullback making news in the highest-risk Western markets — but a standard homeowners quote is still worth comparing on its own terms.
Hardening a home in Corydon
With ember exposure the dominant pattern in Corydon (60.4% 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 Corydon's 25,362-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. For more on what indirect exposure implies beyond Corydon, see the exposure-zones guide.