Seelyville, IN
How exposed is Seelyville to wildfire?
USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model puts Seelyville at the 17th national percentile for risk to structures, among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally — a score built from 633 actual buildings. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Seelyville's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 18th percentile nationally.
Where Seelyville's buildings actually sit
USFS classifies 69.7% of Seelyville's buildings as Direct exposure, higher than its 30.3% Indirect share and far above its 0% Minimal share — a profile where 441 structures sit close enough to vegetation that lot clearing matters most.
Seelyville against the rest of the country
Within Indiana, Seelyville ranks higher (72nd percentile) than it does nationally (17th) — one of the more fire-exposed places in a state that, overall, scores lower than that. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Seelyville ranks 26,155 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 15,430 by building count (1 is largest). Within Indiana alone, it ranks 273 of 967 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Indiana on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Seelyville
Seelyville's low wildfire rating (17th 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 Seelyville
Because Direct exposure dominates in Seelyville (69.7%), 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
Seelyville's 17th-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 Seelyville, see the exposure-zones guide.