Aberdeen, ID
How exposed is Aberdeen to wildfire?
USFS scores Aberdeen at the 30th national percentile for wildfire risk to structures (close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range), a figure built from 919 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 Aberdeen at the 27th percentile, close to its 30th-percentile risk score.
Aberdeen's building exposure, zone by zone
90.8% of Aberdeen's 919 buildings sit in USFS's Minimal exposure zone, with only 9.3% rated Direct — risk here comes from regional burn probability more than proximity to burnable vegetation at the structure itself.
Aberdeen against the rest of the country
Aberdeen ranks lower within Idaho (7th percentile statewide) than its 30th national percentile suggests alone — a calmer spot in a state where wildfire risk generally runs high. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Aberdeen ranks 22,147 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 12,559 by building count (1 is largest). Within Idaho alone, it ranks 217 of 232 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Idaho on its state page.
What this risk score means for insurance
At the 30th national percentile, Aberdeen rates moderate for wildfire risk — well short of the threshold where insurers have been withdrawing coverage, though comparing a quote costs nothing either way.
What would actually reduce this score
Even with 90.8% of Aberdeen 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.
More on how this number was built
Every one of the two percentiles behind Aberdeen's 22,147-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. For more on what minimal exposure implies beyond Aberdeen, see the exposure-zones guide.