Johnson, IN
Johnson wildfire risk explained
Johnson sits at the 7th 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 329 counted buildings, not vegetation cover alone. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Johnson at the 7th national percentile — 0 points below its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
Of Johnson's 329 counted buildings, 73.3% carry Direct exposure and only 26.8% carry Minimal — a lopsided split that puts defensible-space clearing ahead of vents or roofing as the intervention worth doing first.
How Johnson compares
Compare Johnson's two percentiles: 46th within Indiana, only 7th nationally — a gap of 39 points that marks it as unusually exposed for its own state. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Johnson ranks 29,276 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 20,847 by building count (1 is largest). Within Indiana alone, it ranks 521 of 967 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Indiana on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Johnson
At the 7th national percentile, Johnson rates low for wildfire risk — well short of the threshold where insurers have been withdrawing coverage, though comparing a quote costs nothing either way.
Hardening a home in Johnson
With 73.3% of Johnson in Direct exposure, defensible-space clearing and ember-resistant construction (vents, Class-A roofing) address the exposure this page's own numbers describe, not a generic checklist. See the home-hardening guide.
More on how this number was built
Johnson's 7th-percentile score and its burn-probability figure both come from the same USFS workbook, documented in the methodology guide. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Johnson, see the exposure-zones guide.