Lawrenceburg, IN
Lawrenceburg wildfire risk explained
USFS scores Lawrenceburg at the 21st national percentile for wildfire risk to structures (close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range), a figure built from 1,814 real buildings rather than raw vegetation cover. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Lawrenceburg at the 22nd national percentile — 2 points above its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Lawrenceburg's building exposure, zone by zone
Indirect exposure is dominant in Lawrenceburg (64.8% of 1,814 buildings): far enough from burnable vegetation to avoid flame contact, close enough for wind-blown embers. Only 35.1% sit in the Direct zone.
How Lawrenceburg compares
Compare Lawrenceburg's two percentiles: 82nd within Indiana, only 21st nationally — a gap of 62 points that marks it as unusually exposed for its own state. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Lawrenceburg ranks 25,018 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 8,018 by building count (1 is largest). Within Indiana alone, it ranks 173 of 967 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Indiana on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Lawrenceburg
At the 21st national percentile, Lawrenceburg rates moderate 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
Lawrenceburg's 64.8% Indirect-exposure share points at embers, not flame contact, as the main pathway — ember-resistant vents and non-combustible roofing rank ahead of defensible space here. Detail in the home-hardening guide.
Where Lawrenceburg's figures come from
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 1,814 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Lawrenceburg. The exposure-zones guide covers what Lawrenceburg's dominant indirect exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.