Lagrange, IN
How exposed is Lagrange to wildfire?
USFS scores Lagrange at the 5th national percentile for wildfire risk to structures (among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally), a figure built from 1,433 real buildings rather than raw vegetation cover. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Lagrange's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 6th percentile nationally.
Where Lagrange's buildings actually sit
90.3% of Lagrange's 1,433 buildings sit in USFS's Minimal exposure zone, with only 9.7% rated Direct — risk here comes from regional burn probability more than proximity to burnable vegetation at the structure itself.
Where Lagrange ranks
Compare Lagrange's two percentiles: 38th within Indiana, only 5th nationally — a gap of 33 points that marks it as unusually exposed for its own state. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Lagrange ranks 29,812 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 9,462 by building count (1 is largest). Within Indiana alone, it ranks 599 of 967 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Indiana on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Lagrange
At the 5th national percentile, Lagrange 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
Even with 90.3% of Lagrange outside USFS's Direct and Indirect zones, basic hardening — gutter maintenance, ember-resistant vents — is inexpensive relative to the regional burn-probability risk noted above. Details in the home-hardening guide.
Where Lagrange's figures come from
Every one of the two percentiles behind Lagrange's 29,812-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Lagrange's dominant minimal exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.