Freetown, IN
How exposed is Freetown to wildfire?
Out of every US place USFS scores, Freetown lands at the 21st percentile for wildfire risk to structures — close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range — a figure built from its 306 buildings, not the land around them. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Freetown at the 22nd national percentile — 1 points above its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
Of Freetown's 306 counted buildings, 57.8% carry Direct exposure and only 0% carry Minimal — a lopsided split that puts defensible-space clearing ahead of vents or roofing as the intervention worth doing first.
How Freetown compares
Freetown's 81st-percentile standing inside Indiana outpaces its 21st national percentile — this is a hotter spot than most of its own state, even though the state as a whole runs cooler nationally. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Freetown ranks 25,052 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 21,465 by building count (1 is largest). Within Indiana alone, it ranks 179 of 967 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Indiana on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Freetown
At the 21st national percentile, Freetown rates moderate 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 Freetown
With 57.8% of Freetown in Direct exposure, defensible-space clearing and ember-resistant construction (vents, Class-A roofing) address the exposure this page's own numbers describe, not a generic checklist. See the home-hardening guide.
More on how this number was built
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 306 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Freetown. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Freetown, see the exposure-zones guide.