Rockville, IN
Rockville, IN's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Out of every US place USFS scores, Rockville lands at the 15th percentile for wildfire risk to structures — among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally — a figure built from its 1,676 buildings, not the land around them. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Rockville's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 16th percentile nationally.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
USFS puts 84.4% of Rockville's 1,676 buildings in the Indirect exposure zone, versus 15.6% Direct and 0% Minimal — a place where the fire doesn't need to reach the structure directly for embers to.
Where Rockville ranks
Compare Rockville's two percentiles: 68th within Indiana, only 15th nationally — a gap of 53 points that marks it as unusually exposed for its own state. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Rockville ranks 26,817 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 8,504 by building count (1 is largest). Within Indiana alone, it ranks 309 of 967 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Indiana on its state page.
Rockville and the insurance market
Rockville's low rating (15th percentile nationally) sits outside the range where wildfire risk alone reshapes an insurance market — still, a homeowner here loses nothing by comparing rates.
Hardening a home in Rockville
Because 84.4% of Rockville's buildings sit in the Indirect zone, sealing the ember pathway (vents, roofing, gutters) is the intervention this page's data actually supports — see the home-hardening guide.
Where Rockville's figures come from
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 1,676 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Rockville. The exposure-zones guide covers what Rockville's dominant indirect exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.