Pittsboro, IN
How exposed is Pittsboro to wildfire?
Pittsboro sits at the 4th percentile nationally for wildfire risk to structures — among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally — per USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model, built from its 1,599 counted buildings, not vegetation cover alone. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Pittsboro at the 4th percentile, close to its 4th-percentile risk score.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
Only 21.3% of Pittsboro's 1,599 buildings carry Direct exposure and 0% carry Indirect; the remaining 78.7% are Minimal, which shifts the risk driving this page's score toward the surrounding landscape rather than any one structure.
Where Pittsboro ranks
Pittsboro's 29th-percentile standing inside Indiana outpaces its 4th 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, Pittsboro ranks 30,286 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 8,770 by building count (1 is largest). Within Indiana alone, it ranks 692 of 967 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Indiana on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Pittsboro
Pittsboro's low wildfire rating (4th percentile) isn't the kind of score driving the carrier pullback making news in the highest-risk Western markets — but a standard homeowners quote is still worth comparing on its own terms.
What would actually reduce this score
Even with 78.7% of Pittsboro outside USFS's Direct and Indirect zones, basic hardening — gutter maintenance, ember-resistant vents — is inexpensive relative to the regional burn-probability risk noted above. Details in the home-hardening guide.
Where Pittsboro's figures come from
Every one of the two percentiles behind Pittsboro's 30,286-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Pittsboro's dominant minimal exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.