Rising Sun, IN
Rising Sun, IN's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Rising Sun's 1,343 buildings earn a 20th-percentile wildfire-risk score nationally under USFS's model — close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Rising Sun at the 22nd percentile, close to its 20th-percentile risk score.
Where Rising Sun's buildings actually sit
Indirect exposure is dominant in Rising Sun (75.4% of 1,343 buildings): far enough from burnable vegetation to avoid flame contact, close enough for wind-blown embers. Only 24.7% sit in the Direct zone.
Where Rising Sun ranks
Compare Rising Sun's two percentiles: 81st within Indiana, only 20th nationally — a gap of 61 points that marks it as unusually exposed for its own state. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Rising Sun ranks 25,147 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 9,860 by building count (1 is largest). Within Indiana alone, it ranks 187 of 967 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Indiana on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Rising Sun
Rising Sun's moderate wildfire rating (20th 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.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
With ember exposure the dominant pattern in Rising Sun (75.4% Indirect), vent screens and roofing material tend to matter more than lot clearing alone. The home-hardening guide covers both.
More on how this number was built
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 1,343 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Rising Sun. For more on what indirect exposure implies beyond Rising Sun, see the exposure-zones guide.