Schneider, IN
How exposed is Schneider to wildfire?
Schneider sits at the 21st percentile nationally for wildfire risk to structures — close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range — per USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model, built from its 197 counted buildings, not vegetation cover alone. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Schneider at the 21st national percentile — 0 points above its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
67% of Schneider's 197 buildings fall in USFS's Indirect exposure zone — ember cast rather than direct flame — against 3.1% Direct and 30% Minimal. Vent screens and roofing material matter more here than lot clearing alone.
How Schneider compares
Schneider's 82nd-percentile standing inside Indiana outpaces its 21st 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, Schneider ranks 25,019 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 24,956 by building count (1 is largest). Within Indiana alone, it ranks 174 of 967 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Indiana on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Schneider
Schneider's moderate rating (21st 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 Schneider
With ember exposure the dominant pattern in Schneider (67% 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
Every one of the two percentiles behind Schneider's 25,019-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. For more on what indirect exposure implies beyond Schneider, see the exposure-zones guide.