Pittsburg, IN
How exposed is Pittsburg to wildfire?
Pittsburg's 163 buildings earn a 5th-percentile wildfire-risk score nationally under USFS's model — among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Pittsburg at the 5th percentile, close to its 5th-percentile risk score.
Where Pittsburg's buildings actually sit
Most of Pittsburg's buildings (65.6% of 163) fall outside USFS's Direct and Indirect zones entirely — that doesn't zero out the score above, it means the risk is regional, not structure-by-structure.
How Pittsburg compares
Pittsburg's 33rd-percentile standing inside Indiana outpaces its 5th 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, Pittsburg ranks 30,100 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 26,281 by building count (1 is largest). Within Indiana alone, it ranks 652 of 967 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Indiana on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Pittsburg
At the 5th national percentile, Pittsburg 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
Even with 65.6% of Pittsburg 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.
More on how this number was built
Pittsburg's 5th-percentile score and its burn-probability figure both come from the same USFS workbook, documented in the methodology guide. For more on what minimal exposure implies beyond Pittsburg, see the exposure-zones guide.