Leopold, IN
How exposed is Leopold to wildfire?
USFS scores Leopold at the 26th national percentile for wildfire risk to structures (close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range), a figure built from 77 real buildings rather than raw vegetation cover. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Leopold's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 27th percentile nationally.
Where Leopold's buildings actually sit
Direct exposure dominates in Leopold: 75.3% of its 77 buildings, versus 24.7% Indirect and 0% Minimal. Clearing space around a structure changes the outcome here more than any single building-material swap.
Leopold against the rest of the country
Compare Leopold's two percentiles: 91st within Indiana, only 26th nationally — a gap of 66 points that marks it as unusually exposed for its own state. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Leopold ranks 23,412 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 30,005 by building count (1 is largest). Within Indiana alone, it ranks 86 of 967 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Indiana on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Leopold
At the 26th national percentile, Leopold rates moderate for wildfire risk — well short of the threshold where insurers have been withdrawing coverage, though comparing a quote costs nothing either way.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
Leopold's 75.3% 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.
More on how this number was built
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 77 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Leopold. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Leopold, see the exposure-zones guide.