Emison, IN
Emison wildfire risk explained
Emison's 124 buildings earn a 6th-percentile wildfire-risk score nationally under USFS's model — among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Emison's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 6th percentile nationally.
Where Emison's buildings actually sit
Emison rates 62.1% Minimal exposure against just 37.9% Direct and 0% Indirect — of 124 buildings counted, few sit close enough to burnable vegetation for USFS to flag them individually.
Emison against the rest of the country
Compare Emison's two percentiles: 41st within Indiana, only 6th nationally — a gap of 35 points that marks it as unusually exposed for its own state. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Emison ranks 29,623 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 27,978 by building count (1 is largest). Within Indiana alone, it ranks 568 of 967 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Indiana on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Emison
Emison's low rating (6th percentile nationally) sits outside the range where wildfire risk alone reshapes an insurance market — still, a homeowner here loses nothing by comparing rates.
Hardening a home in Emison
With 62.1% of buildings rated Minimal exposure, Emison gets less benefit from structure hardening than a Direct- or Indirect-dominant place would — the home-hardening guide explains why the zone matters.
Where Emison's figures come from
Every one of the two percentiles behind Emison's 29,623-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Emison's dominant minimal exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.