Greencastle, IN
How exposed is Greencastle to wildfire?
USFS scores Greencastle at the 17th national percentile for wildfire risk to structures (among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally), a figure built from 3,952 real buildings rather than raw vegetation cover. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Greencastle at the 18th national percentile — 1 points above its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Greencastle's building exposure, zone by zone
Indirect exposure is dominant in Greencastle (76% of 3,952 buildings): far enough from burnable vegetation to avoid flame contact, close enough for wind-blown embers. Only 13.7% sit in the Direct zone.
Where Greencastle ranks
Greencastle's 72nd-percentile standing inside Indiana outpaces its 17th 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, Greencastle ranks 26,152 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 4,288 by building count (1 is largest). Within Indiana alone, it ranks 270 of 967 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Indiana on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Greencastle
Greencastle's low rating (17th percentile nationally) sits outside the range where wildfire risk alone reshapes an insurance market — still, a homeowner here loses nothing by comparing rates.
What would actually reduce this score
Because 76% of Greencastle's buildings sit in the Indirect zone, sealing the ember pathway (vents, roofing, gutters) is the intervention this page's data actually supports — see the home-hardening guide.
More on how this number was built
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 3,952 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Greencastle. For more on what indirect exposure implies beyond Greencastle, see the exposure-zones guide.