Lawrenceport, IN
How exposed is Lawrenceport to wildfire?
Out of every US place USFS scores, Lawrenceport lands at the 20th percentile for wildfire risk to structures — among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally — a figure built from its 74 buildings, not the land around them. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Lawrenceport's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 21st percentile nationally.
Lawrenceport's building exposure, zone by zone
74 buildings are counted in Lawrenceport, and 79.7% of them sit in USFS's Direct exposure zone — flame contact, not just ember cast, is the live possibility for most of them, against 0% rated Minimal.
Lawrenceport against the rest of the country
Within Indiana, Lawrenceport ranks higher (79th percentile) than it does nationally (20th) — one of the more fire-exposed places in a state that, overall, scores lower than that. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Lawrenceport ranks 25,332 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 30,124 by building count (1 is largest). Within Indiana alone, it ranks 205 of 967 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Indiana on its state page.
Lawrenceport and the insurance market
At the 20th national percentile, Lawrenceport rates low 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 Lawrenceport
Lawrenceport's 79.7% Direct-exposure share means lot clearing around the structure typically outweighs any single material upgrade here. The home-hardening guide ranks the options for a place shaped like this.
Where Lawrenceport's figures come from
Lawrenceport's 20th-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 Lawrenceport's dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.