Wynnedale, IN
Wynnedale, IN's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Wynnedale's 122 buildings earn a 12th-percentile wildfire-risk score nationally under USFS's model — among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Wynnedale at the 15th national percentile — 3 points above its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Wynnedale's building exposure, zone by zone
USFS classifies 63.1% of Wynnedale's buildings as Minimal exposure, the largest of the three zones here by a wide margin over 36.9% Direct and 0% Indirect — a landscape-level risk rather than a building-by-building one.
How Wynnedale compares
Compare Wynnedale's two percentiles: 60th within Indiana, only 12th nationally — a gap of 49 points that marks it as unusually exposed for its own state. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Wynnedale ranks 27,883 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 28,058 by building count (1 is largest). Within Indiana alone, it ranks 387 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
Wynnedale's low wildfire rating (12th percentile) isn't the kind of score driving the carrier pullback making news in the highest-risk Western markets — but a standard homeowners quote is still worth comparing on its own terms.
Hardening a home in Wynnedale
Wynnedale's 63.1% 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 Wynnedale's figures come from
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 122 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Wynnedale. The exposure-zones guide covers what Wynnedale's dominant minimal exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.