Greentown, IN
How exposed is Greentown to wildfire?
Greentown sits at the 2nd percentile nationally for wildfire risk to structures — among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally — per USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model, built from its 1,275 counted buildings, not vegetation cover alone. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Greentown's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 2nd percentile nationally.
Greentown's building exposure, zone by zone
Greentown rates 88.3% Minimal exposure against just 11.7% Direct and 0% Indirect — of 1,275 buildings counted, few sit close enough to burnable vegetation for USFS to flag them individually.
Greentown against the rest of the country
Greentown's risk sits at a similar level relative to Indiana (11th percentile statewide) as it does nationally (2nd) — this place isn't unusual for its own state either way. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Greentown ranks 31,041 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 10,226 by building count (1 is largest). Within Indiana alone, it ranks 861 of 967 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Indiana on its state page.
Greentown and the insurance market
Greentown's low rating (2nd 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
Even with 88.3% of Greentown outside USFS's Direct and Indirect zones, basic hardening — gutter maintenance, ember-resistant vents — is inexpensive relative to the regional burn-probability risk noted above. Details in the home-hardening guide.
More on how this number was built
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 1,275 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Greentown. For more on what minimal exposure implies beyond Greentown, see the exposure-zones guide.