Glenwood, IN
Glenwood wildfire risk explained
USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model puts Glenwood at the 3rd national percentile for risk to structures, among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally — a score built from 230 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 Glenwood at the 3rd percentile, close to its 3rd-percentile risk score.
Glenwood's building exposure, zone by zone
USFS classifies 90% of Glenwood's buildings as Minimal exposure, the largest of the three zones here by a wide margin over 10% Direct and 0% Indirect — a landscape-level risk rather than a building-by-building one.
Glenwood against the rest of the country
Glenwood's 23rd-percentile standing inside Indiana outpaces its 3rd 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, Glenwood ranks 30,512 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 23,791 by building count (1 is largest). Within Indiana alone, it ranks 747 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 3rd national percentile, Glenwood 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 Glenwood
Glenwood's 90% 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 Glenwood's figures come from
Every one of the two percentiles behind Glenwood's 30,512-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Glenwood's dominant minimal exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.