Plainville, IN
How exposed is Plainville to wildfire?
Plainville's 366 buildings earn a 1st-percentile wildfire-risk score nationally under USFS's model — among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Plainville's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 1st percentile nationally.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
USFS classifies 79.2% of Plainville's buildings as Minimal exposure, the largest of the three zones here by a wide margin over 20.8% Direct and 0% Indirect — a landscape-level risk rather than a building-by-building one.
How Plainville compares
Plainville's risk sits at a similar level relative to Indiana (10th percentile statewide) as it does nationally (1st) — this place isn't unusual for its own state either way. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Plainville ranks 31,139 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 19,940 by building count (1 is largest). Within Indiana alone, it ranks 879 of 967 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Indiana on its state page.
Plainville and the insurance market
Plainville's low rating (1st 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 79.2% of buildings rated Minimal exposure, Plainville gets less benefit from structure hardening than a Direct- or Indirect-dominant place would — the home-hardening guide explains why the zone matters.
Where Plainville's figures come from
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 366 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Plainville. The exposure-zones guide covers what Plainville's dominant minimal exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.