Perrysville, IN
Perrysville wildfire risk explained
Out of every US place USFS scores, Perrysville lands at the 11th percentile for wildfire risk to structures — among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally — a figure built from its 349 buildings, not the land around them. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Perrysville's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 10th percentile nationally.
Where Perrysville's buildings actually sit
Most of Perrysville's buildings (71.9%) sit in the Indirect zone, where wind-blown embers rather than flame front are the mechanism USFS is scoring — ember-resistant vents and non-combustible roofing are the interventions this pattern favors, more than defensible space alone.
Where Perrysville ranks
Compare Perrysville's two percentiles: 59th within Indiana, only 11th nationally — a gap of 48 points that marks it as unusually exposed for its own state. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Perrysville ranks 28,075 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 20,331 by building count (1 is largest). Within Indiana alone, it ranks 400 of 967 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Indiana on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Perrysville
At the 11th national percentile, Perrysville rates low for wildfire risk — well short of the threshold where insurers have been withdrawing coverage, though comparing a quote costs nothing either way.
What would actually reduce this score
Because 71.9% of Perrysville's buildings sit in the Indirect zone, sealing the ember pathway (vents, roofing, gutters) is the intervention this page's data actually supports — see the home-hardening guide.
More on how this number was built
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 349 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Perrysville. For more on what indirect exposure implies beyond Perrysville, see the exposure-zones guide.