Newport, IN
Newport wildfire risk explained
Out of every US place USFS scores, Newport lands at the 8th percentile for wildfire risk to structures — among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally — a figure built from its 427 buildings, not the land around them. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Newport at the 9th percentile, close to its 8th-percentile risk score.
Newport's building exposure, zone by zone
427 buildings are counted in Newport, and 47.1% of them sit in USFS's Direct exposure zone — flame contact, not just ember cast, is the live possibility for most of them, against 12.2% rated Minimal.
Where Newport ranks
Compare Newport's two percentiles: 51st within Indiana, only 8th nationally — a gap of 42 points that marks it as unusually exposed for its own state. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Newport ranks 28,864 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 18,711 by building count (1 is largest). Within Indiana alone, it ranks 476 of 967 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Indiana on its state page.
Newport and the insurance market
Newport's low rating (8th percentile nationally) sits outside the range where wildfire risk alone reshapes an insurance market — still, a homeowner here loses nothing by comparing rates.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
With 47.1% of Newport 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
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 427 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Newport. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Newport, see the exposure-zones guide.