La Porte, IN
La Porte, IN's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Out of every US place USFS scores, La Porte lands at the 21st percentile for wildfire risk to structures — close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range — a figure built from its 10,532 buildings, not the land around them. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks La Porte at the 22nd national percentile — 1 points above its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
La Porte's building exposure, zone by zone
Most of La Porte's buildings (93.8% of 10,532) fall outside USFS's Direct and Indirect zones entirely — that doesn't zero out the score above, it means the risk is regional, not structure-by-structure. At 10,532 buildings, this is a substantial built environment, so the shares below describe a real population of structures, not a handful of edge cases.
Where La Porte ranks
Within Indiana, La Porte ranks higher (83rd percentile) than it does nationally (21st) — one of the more fire-exposed places in a state that, overall, scores lower than that. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, La Porte ranks 24,855 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 1,513 by building count (1 is largest). Within Indiana alone, it ranks 161 of 967 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Indiana on its state page.
La Porte and the insurance market
At the 21st national percentile, La Porte rates moderate 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 La Porte
With 93.8% of buildings rated Minimal exposure, La Porte gets less benefit from structure hardening than a Direct- or Indirect-dominant place would — the home-hardening guide explains why the zone matters.
Where La Porte's figures come from
La Porte's 21st-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 La Porte's dominant minimal exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.