Walesboro, IN
Walesboro, IN's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Walesboro's 145 buildings earn a 9th-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, Walesboro's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 9th percentile nationally.
Where Walesboro's buildings actually sit
64.1% of Walesboro's 145 buildings sit in USFS's Direct exposure zone, roughly 93 structures close enough to burnable vegetation for flame contact, not just embers — 0% fall in the Indirect, ember-only zone and 35.9% are Minimal.
Walesboro against the rest of the country
Within Indiana, Walesboro ranks higher (51st percentile) than it does nationally (9th) — one of the more fire-exposed places in a state that, overall, scores lower than that. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Walesboro ranks 28,837 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 27,074 by building count (1 is largest). Within Indiana alone, it ranks 474 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 9th national percentile, Walesboro 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 Walesboro
Walesboro's 64.1% Direct-exposure share means lot clearing around the structure typically outweighs any single material upgrade here. The home-hardening guide ranks the options for a place shaped like this.
Where Walesboro's figures come from
Walesboro's 9th-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 Walesboro's dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.