Hudson, IN
Hudson, IN's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Hudson's 355 buildings earn a 2nd-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 Hudson at the 2nd percentile, close to its 2nd-percentile risk score.
Where Hudson's buildings actually sit
Only 15.8% of Hudson's 355 buildings carry Direct exposure and 0% carry Indirect; the remaining 84.2% are Minimal, which shifts the risk driving this page's score toward the surrounding landscape rather than any one structure.
Hudson against the rest of the country
Hudson's risk sits at a similar level relative to Indiana (15th 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, Hudson ranks 30,851 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 20,182 by building count (1 is largest). Within Indiana alone, it ranks 818 of 967 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Indiana on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Hudson
At the 2nd national percentile, Hudson 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
With 84.2% of buildings rated Minimal exposure, Hudson gets less benefit from structure hardening than a Direct- or Indirect-dominant place would — the home-hardening guide explains why the zone matters.
Where Hudson's figures come from
Hudson's 2nd-percentile score and its burn-probability figure both come from the same USFS workbook, documented in the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Hudson's dominant minimal exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.