Arlington, IA
Arlington, IA's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Arlington sits at the 20th percentile nationally for wildfire risk to structures — among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally — per USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model, built from its 342 counted buildings, not vegetation cover alone. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Arlington at the 20th percentile, close to its 20th-percentile risk score.
Where Arlington's buildings actually sit
Most of Arlington's buildings (62.3%) sit in the Indirect zone, where wind-blown embers rather than flame front are the mechanism USFS is scoring — ember-resistant vents and non-combustible roofing are the interventions this pattern favors, more than defensible space alone.
How Arlington compares
Arlington scores 20th nationally and 33rd 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, Arlington ranks 25,216 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 20,512 by building count (1 is largest). Within Iowa alone, it ranks 684 of 1,017 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Iowa on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Arlington
Arlington's low wildfire rating (20th 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.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
Because 62.3% of Arlington's buildings sit in the Indirect zone, sealing the ember pathway (vents, roofing, gutters) is the intervention this page's data actually supports — see the home-hardening guide.
Where Arlington's figures come from
Arlington's 20th-percentile score and its burn-probability figure both come from the same USFS workbook, documented in the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Arlington's dominant indirect exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.