Riverwood, IN
How exposed is Riverwood to wildfire?
Riverwood's 172 buildings earn a 11th-percentile wildfire-risk score nationally under USFS's model — among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Riverwood at the 11th national percentile — 0 points above its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Where Riverwood's buildings actually sit
90.1% of Riverwood's 172 buildings sit in USFS's Minimal exposure zone, with only 9.9% rated Direct — risk here comes from regional burn probability more than proximity to burnable vegetation at the structure itself.
Where Riverwood ranks
Riverwood's 59th-percentile standing inside Indiana outpaces its 11th 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, Riverwood ranks 28,044 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 25,931 by building count (1 is largest). Within Indiana alone, it ranks 398 of 967 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Indiana on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Riverwood
Riverwood's low wildfire rating (11th 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.
Hardening a home in Riverwood
With 90.1% of buildings rated Minimal exposure, Riverwood gets less benefit from structure hardening than a Direct- or Indirect-dominant place would — the home-hardening guide explains why the zone matters.
More on how this number was built
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 172 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Riverwood. For more on what minimal exposure implies beyond Riverwood, see the exposure-zones guide.