New Middletown, IN
New Middletown, IN's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
USFS scores New Middletown at the 21st national percentile for wildfire risk to structures (close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range), a figure built from 55 real buildings rather than raw vegetation cover. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, New Middletown's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 22nd percentile nationally.
New Middletown's building exposure, zone by zone
Indirect exposure is dominant in New Middletown (78.2% of 55 buildings): far enough from burnable vegetation to avoid flame contact, close enough for wind-blown embers. Only 21.8% sit in the Direct zone.
New Middletown against the rest of the country
Compare New Middletown's two percentiles: 83rd within Indiana, only 21st nationally — a gap of 62 points that marks it as unusually exposed for its own state. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, New Middletown ranks 24,988 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 30,783 by building count (1 is largest). Within Indiana alone, it ranks 170 of 967 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Indiana on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in New Middletown
At the 21st national percentile, New Middletown rates moderate for wildfire risk — well short of the threshold where insurers have been withdrawing coverage, though comparing a quote costs nothing either way.
Hardening a home in New Middletown
With ember exposure the dominant pattern in New Middletown (78.2% Indirect), vent screens and roofing material tend to matter more than lot clearing alone. The home-hardening guide covers both.
More on how this number was built
Every one of the two percentiles behind New Middletown's 24,988-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. For more on what indirect exposure implies beyond New Middletown, see the exposure-zones guide.