Hidden Valley, IN
How exposed is Hidden Valley to wildfire?
Hidden Valley's 2,260 buildings earn a 19th-percentile wildfire-risk score nationally under USFS's model — among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Hidden Valley at the 21st percentile, close to its 19th-percentile risk score.
Hidden Valley's building exposure, zone by zone
USFS classifies 82.2% of Hidden Valley's buildings as Direct exposure, higher than its 15.7% Indirect share and far above its 2.1% Minimal share — a profile where 1,858 structures sit close enough to vegetation that lot clearing matters most.
Where Hidden Valley ranks
Compare Hidden Valley's two percentiles: 78th within Indiana, only 19th nationally — a gap of 59 points that marks it as unusually exposed for its own state. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Hidden Valley ranks 25,397 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 6,796 by building count (1 is largest). Within Indiana alone, it ranks 215 of 967 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Indiana on its state page.
Hidden Valley and the insurance market
At the 19th national percentile, Hidden Valley rates low for wildfire risk — well short of the threshold where insurers have been withdrawing coverage, though comparing a quote costs nothing either way.
What would actually reduce this score
Hidden Valley's 82.2% 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 Hidden Valley's figures come from
Every one of the two percentiles behind Hidden Valley's 25,397-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Hidden Valley's dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.