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Geneva (Adams), IN

Geneva (Adams), IN's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers

Low
5thpercentile nationally

Geneva (Adams)'s 790 buildings earn a 5th-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 Geneva (Adams) at the 5th 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

790Total buildings
16%Direct exposure
0%Indirect exposure
84.1%Minimal exposure

Most of Geneva (Adams)'s buildings (84.1% of 790) 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.

Geneva (Adams) against the rest of the country

Compare Geneva (Adams)'s two percentiles: 34th within Indiana, only 5th nationally — a gap of 29 points that marks it as unusually exposed for its own state. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Geneva (Adams) ranks 30,039 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 13,726 by building count (1 is largest). Within Indiana alone, it ranks 637 of 967 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Indiana on its state page.

Geneva (Adams) and the insurance market

At the 5th national percentile, Geneva (Adams) rates low for wildfire risk — well short of the threshold where insurers have been withdrawing coverage, though comparing a quote costs nothing either way.

What would actually reduce this score

With 84.1% of buildings rated Minimal exposure, Geneva (Adams) gets less benefit from structure hardening than a Direct- or Indirect-dominant place would — the home-hardening guide explains why the zone matters.

Where Geneva (Adams)'s figures come from

The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 790 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Geneva (Adams). The exposure-zones guide covers what Geneva (Adams)'s dominant minimal exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.