Mier, IN
Mier wildfire risk explained
Mier's 63 buildings earn a 2nd-percentile wildfire-risk score nationally under USFS's model — among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Mier at the 1st percentile, close to its 2nd-percentile risk score.
Where Mier's buildings actually sit
Only 25.4% of Mier's 63 buildings carry Direct exposure and 0% carry Indirect; the remaining 74.6% are Minimal, which shifts the risk driving this page's score toward the surrounding landscape rather than any one structure.
Where Mier ranks
There's little gap between Mier's 2nd national percentile and its 10th percentile inside Indiana, which means the state comparison mostly confirms what the national score already shows. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Mier ranks 31,044 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 30,538 by building count (1 is largest). Within Indiana alone, it ranks 864 of 967 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Indiana on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Mier
Mier's low rating (2nd 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
Mier's 74.6% Minimal-exposure share means structure-level hardening matters less here than it would elsewhere — still worth the low-cost basics, per the home-hardening guide.
Where Mier's figures come from
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 63 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Mier. The exposure-zones guide covers what Mier's dominant minimal exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.