Wallace, IN
Wallace wildfire risk explained
Wallace's 79 buildings earn a 10th-percentile wildfire-risk score nationally under USFS's model — among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Wallace at the 10th percentile, close to its 10th-percentile risk score.
Where Wallace's buildings actually sit
91.1% of Wallace's 79 buildings sit in USFS's Direct exposure zone, roughly 72 structures close enough to burnable vegetation for flame contact, not just embers — 0% fall in the Indirect, ember-only zone and 8.9% are Minimal.
Where Wallace ranks
Within Indiana, Wallace ranks higher (56th percentile) than it does nationally (10th) — one of the more fire-exposed places in a state that, overall, scores lower than that. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Wallace ranks 28,332 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 29,914 by building count (1 is largest). Within Indiana alone, it ranks 425 of 967 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Indiana on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Wallace
Wallace's low rating (10th percentile nationally) sits outside the range where wildfire risk alone reshapes an insurance market — still, a homeowner here loses nothing by comparing rates.
Hardening a home in Wallace
Wallace's 91.1% 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 Wallace's figures come from
Wallace's 10th-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 Wallace's dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.