Marshfield, IN
Marshfield wildfire risk explained
Marshfield's 65 buildings earn a 7th-percentile wildfire-risk score nationally under USFS's model — among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Marshfield at the 7th national percentile — 0 points above its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Marshfield's building exposure, zone by zone
67.7% of Marshfield's 65 buildings sit in USFS's Minimal exposure zone, with only 32.3% rated Direct — risk here comes from regional burn probability more than proximity to burnable vegetation at the structure itself.
Marshfield against the rest of the country
Marshfield's 44th-percentile standing inside Indiana outpaces its 7th 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, Marshfield ranks 29,463 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 30,455 by building count (1 is largest). Within Indiana alone, it ranks 540 of 967 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Indiana on its state page.
Marshfield and the insurance market
At the 7th national percentile, Marshfield 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 67.7% of buildings rated Minimal exposure, Marshfield gets less benefit from structure hardening than a Direct- or Indirect-dominant place would — the home-hardening guide explains why the zone matters.
Where Marshfield's figures come from
Marshfield's 7th-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 Marshfield's dominant minimal exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.