Anthon, IA
Anthon wildfire risk explained
Anthon's 431 buildings earn a 76th-percentile wildfire-risk score nationally under USFS's model — well above the national norm for wildfire risk. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Anthon at the 76th national percentile — 0 points above its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Where Anthon's buildings actually sit
66.4% of Anthon's 431 buildings fall in USFS's Indirect exposure zone — ember cast rather than direct flame — against 20.9% Direct and 12.8% Minimal. Vent screens and roofing material matter more here than lot clearing alone.
How Anthon compares
Anthon's 98th-percentile standing inside Iowa outpaces its 76th national percentile — this is a hotter spot than most of its own state, even though the state as a whole runs cooler nationally. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Anthon ranks 7,656 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 18,624 by building count (1 is largest). Within Iowa alone, it ranks 22 of 1,017 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Iowa on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Anthon
Anthon's high rating (76th percentile) puts it among the places where the national carrier-pullback trend is most relevant — not a guarantee of a coverage problem, but a reason to shop rather than assume.
What would actually reduce this score
Anthon's 66.4% Indirect-exposure share points at embers, not flame contact, as the main pathway — ember-resistant vents and non-combustible roofing rank ahead of defensible space here. Detail in the home-hardening guide.
More on how this number was built
Anthon's 76th-percentile score and its burn-probability figure both come from the same USFS workbook, documented in the methodology guide. For more on what indirect exposure implies beyond Anthon, see the exposure-zones guide.