Markleville, IN
Markleville, IN's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model puts Markleville at the 4th national percentile for risk to structures, among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally — a score built from 323 actual buildings. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Markleville at the 4th national percentile — 0 points below its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
Most of Markleville's buildings (55.7% of 323) fall outside USFS's Direct and Indirect zones entirely — that doesn't zero out the score above, it means the risk is regional, not structure-by-structure.
Where Markleville ranks
Within Indiana, Markleville ranks higher (26th percentile) than it does nationally (4th) — one of the more fire-exposed places in a state that, overall, scores lower than that. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Markleville ranks 30,379 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 21,005 by building count (1 is largest). Within Indiana alone, it ranks 716 of 967 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Indiana on its state page.
What this risk score means for insurance
At the 4th national percentile, Markleville 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
Even with 55.7% of Markleville outside USFS's Direct and Indirect zones, basic hardening — gutter maintenance, ember-resistant vents — is inexpensive relative to the regional burn-probability risk noted above. Details in the home-hardening guide.
More on how this number was built
Markleville's 4th-percentile score and its burn-probability figure both come from the same USFS workbook, documented in the methodology guide. For more on what minimal exposure implies beyond Markleville, see the exposure-zones guide.