Economy, IN
How exposed is Economy to wildfire?
USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model puts Economy at the 8th national percentile for risk to structures, among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally — a score built from 136 actual buildings. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Economy at the 7th percentile, close to its 8th-percentile risk score.
Where Economy's buildings actually sit
89% of Economy's 136 buildings sit in USFS's Minimal exposure zone, with only 11% rated Direct — risk here comes from regional burn probability more than proximity to burnable vegetation at the structure itself.
Economy against the rest of the country
Within Indiana, Economy ranks higher (48th percentile) than it does nationally (8th) — one of the more fire-exposed places in a state that, overall, scores lower than that. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Economy ranks 29,117 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 27,437 by building count (1 is largest). Within Indiana alone, it ranks 504 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
At the 8th national percentile, Economy rates low for wildfire risk — well short of the threshold where insurers have been withdrawing coverage, though comparing a quote costs nothing either way.
Hardening a home in Economy
Economy's 89% Minimal-exposure share means structure-level hardening matters less here than it would elsewhere — still worth the low-cost basics, per the home-hardening guide.
Where Economy's figures come from
Every one of the two percentiles behind Economy's 29,117-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Economy's dominant minimal exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.