Van Buren, IN
Van Buren, IN's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Van Buren's 590 buildings earn a 1st-percentile wildfire-risk score nationally under USFS's model — among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Van Buren's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 1st percentile nationally.
Where Van Buren's buildings actually sit
USFS classifies 92.2% of Van Buren's buildings as Minimal exposure, the largest of the three zones here by a wide margin over 7.8% Direct and 0% Indirect — a landscape-level risk rather than a building-by-building one.
Van Buren against the rest of the country
There's little gap between Van Buren's 1st national percentile and its 7th percentile inside Indiana, which means the state comparison mostly confirms what the national score already shows. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Van Buren ranks 31,243 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 15,960 by building count (1 is largest). Within Indiana alone, it ranks 906 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 1st national percentile, Van Buren rates low for wildfire risk — well short of the threshold where insurers have been withdrawing coverage, though comparing a quote costs nothing either way.
What would actually reduce this score
With 92.2% of buildings rated Minimal exposure, Van Buren gets less benefit from structure hardening than a Direct- or Indirect-dominant place would — the home-hardening guide explains why the zone matters.
Where Van Buren's figures come from
Every one of the two percentiles behind Van Buren's 31,243-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Van Buren's dominant minimal exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.