Landess, IN
How exposed is Landess to wildfire?
USFS scores Landess at the 1st national percentile for wildfire risk to structures (among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally), a figure built from 165 real buildings rather than raw vegetation cover. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Landess's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 1st percentile nationally.
Landess's building exposure, zone by zone
53.3% of Landess's 165 buildings sit in USFS's Direct exposure zone, roughly 88 structures close enough to burnable vegetation for flame contact, not just embers — 0% fall in the Indirect, ember-only zone and 46.7% are Minimal.
How Landess compares
There's little gap between Landess's 1st national percentile and its 6th percentile inside Indiana, which means the state comparison mostly confirms what the national score already shows. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Landess ranks 31,265 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 26,212 by building count (1 is largest). Within Indiana alone, it ranks 911 of 967 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Indiana on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Landess
Landess's low rating (1st percentile nationally) sits outside the range where wildfire risk alone reshapes an insurance market — still, a homeowner here loses nothing by comparing rates.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
Because Direct exposure dominates in Landess (53.3%), 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 165 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Landess. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Landess, see the exposure-zones guide.