New Ross, IN
New Ross, IN's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
USFS scores New Ross at the 2nd national percentile for wildfire risk to structures (among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally), a figure built from 268 real buildings rather than raw vegetation cover. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts New Ross at the 2nd percentile, close to its 2nd-percentile risk score.
Where New Ross's buildings actually sit
Only 19.4% of New Ross's 268 buildings carry Direct exposure and 0% carry Indirect; the remaining 80.6% are Minimal, which shifts the risk driving this page's score toward the surrounding landscape rather than any one structure.
How New Ross compares
There's little gap between New Ross's 2nd national percentile and its 17th percentile inside Indiana, which means the state comparison mostly confirms what the national score already shows. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, New Ross ranks 30,794 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 22,563 by building count (1 is largest). Within Indiana alone, it ranks 807 of 967 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Indiana on its state page.
What this risk score means for insurance
At the 2nd national percentile, New Ross rates low 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 Ross
New Ross's 80.6% 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 New Ross's figures come from
Every one of the two percentiles behind New Ross's 30,794-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what New Ross's dominant minimal exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.