Mecca, IN
Mecca, IN's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Out of every US place USFS scores, Mecca lands at the 16th percentile for wildfire risk to structures — among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally — a figure built from its 214 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 Mecca at the 17th percentile, close to its 16th-percentile risk score.
Where Mecca's buildings actually sit
52.3% of Mecca's 214 buildings sit in USFS's Direct exposure zone, roughly 112 structures close enough to burnable vegetation for flame contact, not just embers — 47.7% fall in the Indirect, ember-only zone and 0% are Minimal.
Mecca against the rest of the country
Compare Mecca's two percentiles: 70th within Indiana, only 16th nationally — a gap of 54 points that marks it as unusually exposed for its own state. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Mecca ranks 26,433 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 24,328 by building count (1 is largest). Within Indiana alone, it ranks 288 of 967 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Indiana on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Mecca
Mecca's low rating (16th 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
Because Direct exposure dominates in Mecca (52.3%), the highest-leverage fix is defensible space, not roofing or vents alone — covered in the home-hardening guide.
Where Mecca's figures come from
Every one of the two percentiles behind Mecca's 26,433-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Mecca's dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.