Groveland, IN
Groveland wildfire risk explained
Groveland's 182 buildings earn a 11th-percentile wildfire-risk score nationally under USFS's model — among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Groveland's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 11th percentile nationally.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
USFS classifies 64.3% of Groveland's buildings as Direct exposure, higher than its 1.1% Indirect share and far above its 34.6% Minimal share — a profile where 117 structures sit close enough to vegetation that lot clearing matters most.
Groveland against the rest of the country
Within Indiana, Groveland 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, Groveland ranks 28,107 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 25,530 by building count (1 is largest). Within Indiana alone, it ranks 403 of 967 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Indiana on its state page.
Groveland and the insurance market
Groveland'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.
Hardening a home in Groveland
Groveland's 64.3% 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.
More on how this number was built
Every one of the two percentiles behind Groveland's 28,107-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Groveland, see the exposure-zones guide.