Alexander, IA
How exposed is Alexander to wildfire?
USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model puts Alexander at the 1st national percentile for risk to structures, among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally — a score built from 181 actual buildings. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Alexander at the 1st national percentile — 0 points below its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Where Alexander's buildings actually sit
Only 21.6% of Alexander's 181 buildings carry Direct exposure and 0% carry Indirect; the remaining 78.5% are Minimal, which shifts the risk driving this page's score toward the surrounding landscape rather than any one structure.
Where Alexander ranks
Alexander scores 1st nationally and 1st within Iowa — close enough that its state context doesn't change the picture the national number already gives. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Alexander ranks 31,205 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 25,580 by building count (1 is largest). Within Iowa alone, it ranks 1,009 of 1,017 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Iowa on its state page.
What this risk score means for insurance
Alexander'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.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
Even with 78.5% of Alexander 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
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 181 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Alexander. For more on what minimal exposure implies beyond Alexander, see the exposure-zones guide.