Knightsville, IN
How exposed is Knightsville to wildfire?
Out of every US place USFS scores, Knightsville lands at the 10th percentile for wildfire risk to structures — among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally — a figure built from its 509 buildings, not the land around them. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Knightsville at the 10th national percentile — 0 points above its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
509 buildings are counted in Knightsville, and 49.5% of them sit in USFS's Direct exposure zone — flame contact, not just ember cast, is the live possibility for most of them, against 35.8% rated Minimal.
Where Knightsville ranks
Compare Knightsville's two percentiles: 54th within Indiana, only 10th nationally — a gap of 45 points that marks it as unusually exposed for its own state. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Knightsville ranks 28,516 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 17,188 by building count (1 is largest). Within Indiana alone, it ranks 440 of 967 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Indiana on its state page.
What this risk score means for insurance
At the 10th national percentile, Knightsville rates low for wildfire risk — well short of the threshold where insurers have been withdrawing coverage, though comparing a quote costs nothing either way.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
Because Direct exposure dominates in Knightsville (49.5%), the highest-leverage fix is defensible space, not roofing or vents alone — covered in the home-hardening guide.
More on how this number was built
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 509 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Knightsville. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Knightsville, see the exposure-zones guide.