New Salisbury, IN
New Salisbury, IN's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
USFS scores New Salisbury at the 27th national percentile for wildfire risk to structures (close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range), a figure built from 457 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 Salisbury at the 28th national percentile — 2 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
88.4% of New Salisbury's 457 buildings sit in USFS's Direct exposure zone, roughly 404 structures close enough to burnable vegetation for flame contact, not just embers — 11.6% fall in the Indirect, ember-only zone and 0% are Minimal.
How New Salisbury compares
New Salisbury's 92nd-percentile standing inside Indiana outpaces its 27th 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 Salisbury ranks 23,125 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 18,122 by building count (1 is largest). Within Indiana alone, it ranks 77 of 967 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Indiana on its state page.
New Salisbury and the insurance market
New Salisbury's moderate rating (27th percentile nationally) sits outside the range where wildfire risk alone reshapes an insurance market — still, a homeowner here loses nothing by comparing rates.
What would actually reduce this score
With 88.4% of New Salisbury in Direct exposure, defensible-space clearing and ember-resistant construction (vents, Class-A roofing) address the exposure this page's own numbers describe, not a generic checklist. See the home-hardening guide.
More on how this number was built
New Salisbury's 27th-percentile score and its burn-probability figure both come from the same USFS workbook, documented in the methodology guide. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond New Salisbury, see the exposure-zones guide.