WildfireRiskFinder

Graysville, IN

Graysville, IN's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers

Low
11thpercentile nationally

USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model puts Graysville at the 11th national percentile for risk to structures, among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally — a score built from 97 actual buildings. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)

Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Graysville at the 11th 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

97Total buildings
69.1%Direct exposure
0%Indirect exposure
30.9%Minimal exposure

69.1% of Graysville's 97 buildings sit in USFS's Direct exposure zone, roughly 67 structures close enough to burnable vegetation for flame contact, not just embers — 0% fall in the Indirect, ember-only zone and 30.9% are Minimal.

Where Graysville ranks

Within Indiana, Graysville ranks higher (59th percentile) than it does nationally (11th) — one of the more fire-exposed places in a state that, overall, scores lower than that. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Graysville ranks 28,041 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 29,171 by building count (1 is largest). Within Indiana alone, it ranks 395 of 967 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Indiana on its state page.

Shopping for coverage in Graysville

Graysville's low rating (11th percentile nationally) sits outside the range where wildfire risk alone reshapes an insurance market — still, a homeowner here loses nothing by comparing rates.

Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it

Graysville's 69.1% Direct-exposure share means lot clearing around the structure typically outweighs any single material upgrade here. The home-hardening guide ranks the options for a place shaped like this.

Where Graysville's figures come from

The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 97 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Graysville. The exposure-zones guide covers what Graysville's dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.