Pleasantville, IN
How exposed is Pleasantville to wildfire?
Pleasantville sits at the 19th 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 106 counted buildings, not vegetation cover alone. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Pleasantville's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 20th percentile nationally.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
Of Pleasantville's 106 counted buildings, 100% carry Direct exposure and only 0% carry Minimal — a lopsided split that puts defensible-space clearing ahead of vents or roofing as the intervention worth doing first.
Pleasantville against the rest of the country
Pleasantville's 77th-percentile standing inside Indiana outpaces its 19th 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, Pleasantville ranks 25,428 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 28,767 by building count (1 is largest). Within Indiana alone, it ranks 220 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
Pleasantville's low wildfire rating (19th 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
Pleasantville's 100% Direct-exposure share means lot clearing around the structure typically outweighs any single material upgrade here. The home-hardening guide ranks the options for a place shaped like this.
Where Pleasantville's figures come from
Every one of the two percentiles behind Pleasantville's 25,428-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Pleasantville's dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.