St. Wendel, IN
St. Wendel, IN's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
USFS scores St. Wendel at the 14th national percentile for wildfire risk to structures (among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally), a figure built from 470 real buildings rather than raw vegetation cover. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, St. Wendel's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 15th percentile nationally.
Where St. Wendel's buildings actually sit
Of St. Wendel's 470 counted buildings, 85.1% carry Direct exposure and only 1.1% carry Minimal — a lopsided split that puts defensible-space clearing ahead of vents or roofing as the intervention worth doing first.
Where St. Wendel ranks
St. Wendel's 67th-percentile standing inside Indiana outpaces its 14th 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, St. Wendel ranks 26,941 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 17,873 by building count (1 is largest). Within Indiana alone, it ranks 319 of 967 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Indiana on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in St. Wendel
At the 14th national percentile, St. Wendel 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 St. Wendel
With 85.1% of St. Wendel in Direct exposure, defensible-space clearing and ember-resistant construction (vents, Class-A roofing) address the exposure this page's own numbers describe, not a generic checklist. See the home-hardening guide.
More on how this number was built
St. Wendel's 14th-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 St. Wendel, see the exposure-zones guide.