Patricksburg, IN
Patricksburg, IN's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model puts Patricksburg at the 22nd national percentile for risk to structures, close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range — a score built from 196 actual buildings. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Patricksburg at the 23rd percentile, close to its 22nd-percentile risk score.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
USFS classifies 94.9% of Patricksburg's buildings as Direct exposure, higher than its 5.1% Indirect share and far above its 0% Minimal share — a profile where 186 structures sit close enough to vegetation that lot clearing matters most.
Patricksburg against the rest of the country
Within Indiana, Patricksburg ranks higher (84th percentile) than it does nationally (22nd) — one of the more fire-exposed places in a state that, overall, scores lower than that. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Patricksburg ranks 24,703 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 24,992 by building count (1 is largest). Within Indiana alone, it ranks 151 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
Patricksburg's moderate rating (22nd 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 94.9% of Patricksburg 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 196 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Patricksburg. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Patricksburg, see the exposure-zones guide.