Palestine, IN
How exposed is Palestine to wildfire?
Out of every US place USFS scores, Palestine lands at the 6th percentile for wildfire risk to structures — among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally — a figure built from its 429 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 Palestine at the 6th percentile, close to its 6th-percentile risk score.
Palestine's building exposure, zone by zone
USFS classifies 66.9% of Palestine's buildings as Direct exposure, higher than its 0% Indirect share and far above its 33.1% Minimal share — a profile where 287 structures sit close enough to vegetation that lot clearing matters most.
Palestine against the rest of the country
Within Indiana, Palestine ranks higher (44th percentile) than it does nationally (6th) — one of the more fire-exposed places in a state that, overall, scores lower than that. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Palestine ranks 29,498 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 18,671 by building count (1 is largest). Within Indiana alone, it ranks 544 of 967 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Indiana on its state page.
Palestine and the insurance market
Palestine's low rating (6th 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 66.9% of Palestine 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
Palestine's 6th-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 Palestine, see the exposure-zones guide.