Westport, IN
Westport wildfire risk explained
USFS scores Westport at the 14th national percentile for wildfire risk to structures (among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally), a figure built from 881 real buildings rather than raw vegetation cover. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Westport at the 14th percentile, close to its 14th-percentile risk score.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
Only 28% of Westport's 881 buildings carry Direct exposure and 0% carry Indirect; the remaining 72% are Minimal, which shifts the risk driving this page's score toward the surrounding landscape rather than any one structure.
How Westport compares
Westport's 65th-percentile standing inside Indiana outpaces its 14th national percentile — this is a hotter spot than most of its own state, even though the state as a whole runs cooler nationally. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Westport ranks 27,257 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 12,898 by building count (1 is largest). Within Indiana alone, it ranks 341 of 967 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Indiana on its state page.
Westport and the insurance market
At the 14th national percentile, Westport rates low for wildfire risk — well short of the threshold where insurers have been withdrawing coverage, though comparing a quote costs nothing either way.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
Westport's 72% 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 Westport's figures come from
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 881 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Westport. The exposure-zones guide covers what Westport's dominant minimal exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.