Linden, IN
How exposed is Linden to wildfire?
Linden's 504 buildings earn a 1st-percentile wildfire-risk score nationally under USFS's model — among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Linden's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 1st percentile nationally.
Where Linden's buildings actually sit
Linden rates 85.7% Minimal exposure against just 14.3% Direct and 0% Indirect — of 504 buildings counted, few sit close enough to burnable vegetation for USFS to flag them individually.
Where Linden ranks
Linden's risk sits at a similar level relative to Indiana (5th percentile statewide) as it does nationally (1st) — this place isn't unusual for its own state either way. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Linden ranks 31,268 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 17,266 by building count (1 is largest). Within Indiana alone, it ranks 914 of 967 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Indiana on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Linden
Linden'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
Linden's 85.7% Minimal-exposure share means structure-level hardening matters less here than it would elsewhere — still worth the low-cost basics, per the home-hardening guide.
Where Linden's figures come from
Linden's 1st-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 Linden's dominant minimal exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.