Mariah Hill, IN
How exposed is Mariah Hill to wildfire?
USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model puts Mariah Hill at the 34th national percentile for risk to structures, close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range — a score built from 223 actual buildings. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Mariah Hill at the 36th percentile, close to its 34th-percentile risk score.
Where Mariah Hill's buildings actually sit
USFS classifies 81.2% of Mariah Hill's buildings as Direct exposure, higher than its 18.8% Indirect share and far above its 0% Minimal share — a profile where 181 structures sit close enough to vegetation that lot clearing matters most.
Mariah Hill against the rest of the country
Mariah Hill's 94th-percentile standing inside Indiana outpaces its 34th 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, Mariah Hill ranks 20,793 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 24,009 by building count (1 is largest). Within Indiana alone, it ranks 59 of 967 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Indiana on its state page.
Mariah Hill and the insurance market
Mariah Hill's moderate rating (34th percentile nationally) sits outside the range where wildfire risk alone reshapes an insurance market — still, a homeowner here loses nothing by comparing rates.
What would actually reduce this score
Because Direct exposure dominates in Mariah Hill (81.2%), the highest-leverage fix is defensible space, not roofing or vents alone — covered in the home-hardening guide.
More on how this number was built
Mariah Hill's 34th-percentile score and its burn-probability figure both come from the same USFS workbook, documented in the methodology guide. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Mariah Hill, see the exposure-zones guide.