Scipio, IN
Scipio wildfire risk explained
Out of every US place USFS scores, Scipio lands at the 22nd percentile for wildfire risk to structures — close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range — a figure built from its 188 buildings, not the land around them. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Scipio at the 23rd national percentile — 1 points above its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Scipio's building exposure, zone by zone
Of Scipio's 188 counted buildings, 69.2% carry Direct exposure and only 0% carry Minimal — a lopsided split that puts defensible-space clearing ahead of vents or roofing as the intervention worth doing first.
Scipio against the rest of the country
Scipio's 86th-percentile standing inside Indiana outpaces its 22nd 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, Scipio ranks 24,610 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 25,315 by building count (1 is largest). Within Indiana alone, it ranks 140 of 967 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Indiana on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Scipio
At the 22nd national percentile, Scipio rates moderate for wildfire risk — well short of the threshold where insurers have been withdrawing coverage, though comparing a quote costs nothing either way.
Hardening a home in Scipio
Because Direct exposure dominates in Scipio (69.2%), the highest-leverage fix is defensible space, not roofing or vents alone — covered in the home-hardening guide.
More on how this number was built
Scipio's 22nd-percentile score and its burn-probability figure both come from the same USFS workbook, documented in the methodology guide. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Scipio, see the exposure-zones guide.