Mitchell, IN
Mitchell, IN's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model puts Mitchell at the 18th national percentile for risk to structures, among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally — a score built from 2,633 actual buildings. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Mitchell at the 20th national percentile — 1 points above its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Mitchell's building exposure, zone by zone
2,633 buildings are counted in Mitchell, and 61.1% of them are Indirect exposure — ember-driven risk rather than the 31% in Direct exposure or the 7.9% rated Minimal.
Where Mitchell ranks
Mitchell's 76th-percentile standing inside Indiana outpaces its 18th 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, Mitchell ranks 25,739 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 6,046 by building count (1 is largest). Within Indiana alone, it ranks 236 of 967 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Indiana on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Mitchell
At the 18th national percentile, Mitchell 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
Mitchell's 61.1% Indirect-exposure share points at embers, not flame contact, as the main pathway — ember-resistant vents and non-combustible roofing rank ahead of defensible space here. Detail in the home-hardening guide.
More on how this number was built
Mitchell's 18th-percentile score and its burn-probability figure both come from the same USFS workbook, documented in the methodology guide. For more on what indirect exposure implies beyond Mitchell, see the exposure-zones guide.