Lake Village, IN
Lake Village, IN's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model puts Lake Village at the 35th national percentile for risk to structures, close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range — a score built from 640 actual buildings. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Lake Village at the 35th national percentile — 0 points above its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Lake Village's building exposure, zone by zone
38.4% of Lake Village's 640 buildings sit in USFS's Direct exposure zone, roughly 246 structures close enough to burnable vegetation for flame contact, not just embers — 24.5% fall in the Indirect, ember-only zone and 37% are Minimal.
Lake Village against the rest of the country
Lake Village's 95th-percentile standing inside Indiana outpaces its 35th national percentile — this is a hotter spot than most of its own state, even though the state as a whole runs cooler nationally. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Lake Village ranks 20,446 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 15,324 by building count (1 is largest). Within Indiana alone, it ranks 50 of 967 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Indiana on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Lake Village
Lake Village's moderate wildfire rating (35th percentile) isn't the kind of score driving the carrier pullback making news in the highest-risk Western markets — but a standard homeowners quote is still worth comparing on its own terms.
Hardening a home in Lake Village
Because Direct exposure dominates in Lake Village (38.4%), the highest-leverage fix is defensible space, not roofing or vents alone — covered in the home-hardening guide.
Where Lake Village's figures come from
Lake Village's 35th-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 Lake Village's dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.