Willow Branch, IN
Willow Branch wildfire risk explained
Willow Branch's 79 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.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Willow Branch at the 1st percentile, close to its 1st-percentile risk score.
Willow Branch's building exposure, zone by zone
Only 30.4% of Willow Branch's 79 buildings carry Direct exposure and 0% carry Indirect; the remaining 69.6% are Minimal, which shifts the risk driving this page's score toward the surrounding landscape rather than any one structure.
How Willow Branch compares
Willow Branch scores 1st nationally and 9th 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, Willow Branch ranks 31,142 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 29,915 by building count (1 is largest). Within Indiana alone, it ranks 882 of 967 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Indiana on its state page.
Willow Branch and the insurance market
Willow Branch's low rating (1st percentile nationally) sits outside the range where wildfire risk alone reshapes an insurance market — still, a homeowner here loses nothing by comparing rates.
What would actually reduce this score
Even with 69.6% of Willow Branch outside USFS's Direct and Indirect zones, basic hardening — gutter maintenance, ember-resistant vents — is inexpensive relative to the regional burn-probability risk noted above. Details in the home-hardening guide.
Where Willow Branch's figures come from
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 79 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Willow Branch. The exposure-zones guide covers what Willow Branch's dominant minimal exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.