Milton, IN
How exposed is Milton to wildfire?
Out of every US place USFS scores, Milton lands at the 7th percentile for wildfire risk to structures — among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally — a figure built from its 345 buildings, not the land around them. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Milton at the 7th national percentile — 0 points above its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Milton's building exposure, zone by zone
Most of Milton's buildings (81.2% of 345) 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.
Milton against the rest of the country
Milton's 45th-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, Milton ranks 29,430 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 20,446 by building count (1 is largest). Within Indiana alone, it ranks 538 of 967 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Indiana on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Milton
At the 7th national percentile, Milton 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 81.2% of buildings rated Minimal exposure, Milton 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 345 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Milton. For more on what minimal exposure implies beyond Milton, see the exposure-zones guide.