Gaston, IN
Gaston, IN's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Gaston's 547 buildings earn a 1st-percentile wildfire-risk score nationally under USFS's model — among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Gaston at the 1st national percentile — 0 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
Most of Gaston's buildings (79.9% of 547) fall outside USFS's Direct and Indirect zones entirely — that doesn't zero out the score above, it means the risk is regional, not structure-by-structure.
Gaston against the rest of the country
There's little gap between Gaston's 1st national percentile and its 9th percentile inside Indiana, which means the state comparison mostly confirms what the national score already shows. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Gaston ranks 31,135 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 16,611 by building count (1 is largest). Within Indiana alone, it ranks 875 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 1st national percentile, Gaston rates low 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
Gaston's 79.9% 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 Gaston's figures come from
Every one of the two percentiles behind Gaston's 31,135-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Gaston's dominant minimal exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.