Russiaville, IN
Russiaville, IN's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Out of every US place USFS scores, Russiaville lands at the 4th percentile for wildfire risk to structures — among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally — a figure built from its 710 buildings, not the land around them. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Russiaville's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 4th percentile nationally.
Where Russiaville's buildings actually sit
Most of Russiaville's buildings (85.6% of 710) fall outside USFS's Direct and Indirect zones entirely — that doesn't zero out the score above, it means the risk is regional, not structure-by-structure.
How Russiaville compares
Compare Russiaville's two percentiles: 30th within Indiana, only 4th nationally — a gap of 26 points that marks it as unusually exposed for its own state. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Russiaville ranks 30,220 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 14,561 by building count (1 is largest). Within Indiana alone, it ranks 677 of 967 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Indiana on its state page.
Russiaville and the insurance market
Russiaville's low wildfire rating (4th 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 Russiaville
Russiaville's 85.6% Minimal-exposure share means structure-level hardening matters less here than it would elsewhere — still worth the low-cost basics, per the home-hardening guide.
More on how this number was built
Russiaville's 4th-percentile score and its burn-probability figure both come from the same USFS workbook, documented in the methodology guide. For more on what minimal exposure implies beyond Russiaville, see the exposure-zones guide.