Stilesville, IN
Stilesville, IN's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model puts Stilesville at the 3rd national percentile for risk to structures, among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally — a score built from 239 actual buildings. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Stilesville at the 3rd percentile, close to its 3rd-percentile risk score.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
Most of Stilesville's buildings (83.3% of 239) 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.
Stilesville against the rest of the country
Compare Stilesville's two percentiles: 22nd within Indiana, only 3rd nationally — a gap of 19 points that marks it as unusually exposed for its own state. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Stilesville ranks 30,574 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 23,492 by building count (1 is largest). Within Indiana alone, it ranks 764 of 967 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Indiana on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Stilesville
Stilesville's low wildfire rating (3rd 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 Stilesville
Stilesville's 83.3% 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.
Where Stilesville's figures come from
Stilesville's 3rd-percentile score and its burn-probability figure both come from the same USFS workbook, documented in the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Stilesville's dominant minimal exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.