Mace, IN
Mace, IN's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Out of every US place USFS scores, Mace lands at the 3rd percentile for wildfire risk to structures — among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally — a figure built from its 142 buildings, not the land around them. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Mace at the 3rd percentile, close to its 3rd-percentile risk score.
Where Mace's buildings actually sit
USFS classifies 63.4% of Mace's buildings as Minimal exposure, the largest of the three zones here by a wide margin over 36.6% Direct and 0% Indirect — a landscape-level risk rather than a building-by-building one.
How Mace compares
Mace's 24th-percentile standing inside Indiana outpaces its 3rd national percentile — this is a hotter spot than most of its own state, even though the state as a whole runs cooler nationally. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Mace ranks 30,479 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 27,202 by building count (1 is largest). Within Indiana alone, it ranks 737 of 967 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Indiana on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Mace
At the 3rd national percentile, Mace rates low 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
With 63.4% of buildings rated Minimal exposure, Mace gets less benefit from structure hardening than a Direct- or Indirect-dominant place would — the home-hardening guide explains why the zone matters.
Where Mace's figures come from
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 142 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Mace. The exposure-zones guide covers what Mace's dominant minimal exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.