Scottsburg, IN
Scottsburg, IN's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Scottsburg sits at the 16th percentile nationally for wildfire risk to structures — among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally — per USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model, built from its 3,714 counted buildings, not vegetation cover alone. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Scottsburg at the 17th national percentile — 2 points above its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Scottsburg's building exposure, zone by zone
Most of Scottsburg's buildings (64.1% of 3,714) 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.
Where Scottsburg ranks
Scottsburg's 70th-percentile standing inside Indiana outpaces its 16th 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, Scottsburg ranks 26,590 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 4,505 by building count (1 is largest). Within Indiana alone, it ranks 296 of 967 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Indiana on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Scottsburg
Scottsburg's low rating (16th percentile nationally) sits outside the range where wildfire risk alone reshapes an insurance market — still, a homeowner here loses nothing by comparing rates.
What would actually reduce this score
With 64.1% of buildings rated Minimal exposure, Scottsburg 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 3,714 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Scottsburg. For more on what minimal exposure implies beyond Scottsburg, see the exposure-zones guide.