Wakarusa, IN
Wakarusa wildfire risk explained
Wakarusa's 1,056 buildings earn a 2nd-percentile wildfire-risk score nationally under USFS's model — among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Wakarusa at the 2nd national percentile — 0 points above its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Wakarusa's building exposure, zone by zone
USFS classifies 89.3% of Wakarusa's buildings as Minimal exposure, the largest of the three zones here by a wide margin over 10.7% Direct and 0% Indirect — a landscape-level risk rather than a building-by-building one.
Where Wakarusa ranks
Wakarusa scores 2nd nationally and 13th within Indiana — close enough that its state context doesn't change the picture the national number already gives. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Wakarusa ranks 30,949 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 11,555 by building count (1 is largest). Within Indiana alone, it ranks 846 of 967 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Indiana on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Wakarusa
At the 2nd national percentile, Wakarusa 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 89.3% of buildings rated Minimal exposure, Wakarusa gets less benefit from structure hardening than a Direct- or Indirect-dominant place would — the home-hardening guide explains why the zone matters.
More on how this number was built
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 1,056 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Wakarusa. For more on what minimal exposure implies beyond Wakarusa, see the exposure-zones guide.