Sheridan, IN
Sheridan, IN's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Sheridan sits at the 2nd 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 1,654 counted buildings, not vegetation cover alone. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Sheridan at the 2nd national percentile — 0 points below its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Where Sheridan's buildings actually sit
87.3% of Sheridan's 1,654 buildings sit in USFS's Minimal exposure zone, with only 12.7% rated Direct — risk here comes from regional burn probability more than proximity to burnable vegetation at the structure itself.
Where Sheridan ranks
Sheridan's risk sits at a similar level relative to Indiana (15th percentile statewide) as it does nationally (2nd) — this place isn't unusual for its own state either way. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Sheridan ranks 30,857 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 8,579 by building count (1 is largest). Within Indiana alone, it ranks 824 of 967 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Indiana on its state page.
What this risk score means for insurance
At the 2nd national percentile, Sheridan rates low 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 Sheridan
Sheridan's 87.3% 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
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 1,654 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Sheridan. For more on what minimal exposure implies beyond Sheridan, see the exposure-zones guide.