New Paris, IN
How exposed is New Paris to wildfire?
USFS scores New Paris at the 4th national percentile for wildfire risk to structures (among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally), a figure built from 933 real buildings rather than raw vegetation cover. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks New Paris at the 4th national percentile — 0 points above its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
USFS classifies 84% of New Paris's buildings as Minimal exposure, the largest of the three zones here by a wide margin over 16% Direct and 0% Indirect — a landscape-level risk rather than a building-by-building one.
Where New Paris ranks
New Paris's 28th-percentile standing inside Indiana outpaces its 4th 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, New Paris ranks 30,317 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 12,440 by building count (1 is largest). Within Indiana alone, it ranks 698 of 967 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Indiana on its state page.
New Paris and the insurance market
New Paris's low wildfire rating (4th percentile) isn't the kind of score driving the carrier pullback making news in the highest-risk Western markets — but a standard homeowners quote is still worth comparing on its own terms.
Hardening a home in New Paris
With 84% of buildings rated Minimal exposure, New Paris gets less benefit from structure hardening than a Direct- or Indirect-dominant place would — the home-hardening guide explains why the zone matters.
Where New Paris's figures come from
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 933 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for New Paris. The exposure-zones guide covers what New Paris's dominant minimal exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.