Woodburn, IN
Woodburn wildfire risk explained
USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model puts Woodburn at the 1st national percentile for risk to structures, among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally — a score built from 833 actual buildings. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Woodburn at the 1st percentile, close to its 1st-percentile risk score.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
Most of Woodburn's buildings (92.9% of 833) fall outside USFS's Direct and Indirect zones entirely — that doesn't zero out the score above, it means the risk is regional, not structure-by-structure.
Woodburn against the rest of the country
Woodburn scores 1st nationally and 4th 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, Woodburn ranks 31,336 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 13,315 by building count (1 is largest). Within Indiana alone, it ranks 934 of 967 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Indiana on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Woodburn
Woodburn'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.
Hardening a home in Woodburn
Even with 92.9% of Woodburn 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 Woodburn's figures come from
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 833 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Woodburn. The exposure-zones guide covers what Woodburn's dominant minimal exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.