Mexico, IN
Mexico, IN's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model puts Mexico at the 4th national percentile for risk to structures, among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally — a score built from 674 actual buildings. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Mexico's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 4th percentile nationally.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
USFS classifies 59.9% of Mexico's buildings as Minimal exposure, the largest of the three zones here by a wide margin over 40.1% Direct and 0% Indirect — a landscape-level risk rather than a building-by-building one.
How Mexico compares
Compare Mexico's two percentiles: 26th within Indiana, only 4th nationally — a gap of 22 points that marks it as unusually exposed for its own state. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Mexico ranks 30,407 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 14,932 by building count (1 is largest). Within Indiana alone, it ranks 720 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, Mexico rates low for wildfire risk — well short of the threshold where insurers have been withdrawing coverage, though comparing a quote costs nothing either way.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
With 59.9% of buildings rated Minimal exposure, Mexico gets less benefit from structure hardening than a Direct- or Indirect-dominant place would — the home-hardening guide explains why the zone matters.
More on how this number was built
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 674 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Mexico. For more on what minimal exposure implies beyond Mexico, see the exposure-zones guide.