Country Squire Lakes, IN
Country Squire Lakes, IN's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Country Squire Lakes's 1,734 buildings earn a 21st-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.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Country Squire Lakes at the 22nd national percentile — 1 points above its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Country Squire Lakes's building exposure, zone by zone
72.1% of Country Squire Lakes's 1,734 buildings sit in USFS's Direct exposure zone, roughly 1,250 structures close enough to burnable vegetation for flame contact, not just embers — 15.5% fall in the Indirect, ember-only zone and 12.5% are Minimal.
How Country Squire Lakes compares
Compare Country Squire Lakes's two percentiles: 82nd within Indiana, only 21st nationally — a gap of 62 points that marks it as unusually exposed for its own state. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Country Squire Lakes ranks 25,017 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 8,281 by building count (1 is largest). Within Indiana alone, it ranks 172 of 967 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Indiana on its state page.
Country Squire Lakes and the insurance market
At the 21st national percentile, Country Squire Lakes rates moderate for wildfire risk — well short of the threshold where insurers have been withdrawing coverage, though comparing a quote costs nothing either way.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
Because Direct exposure dominates in Country Squire Lakes (72.1%), the highest-leverage fix is defensible space, not roofing or vents alone — covered in the home-hardening guide.
More on how this number was built
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 1,734 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Country Squire Lakes. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Country Squire Lakes, see the exposure-zones guide.