Baldwin, IA
Baldwin, IA's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Out of every US place USFS scores, Baldwin lands at the 48th percentile for wildfire risk to structures — modestly above the national average for wildfire risk — a figure built from its 130 buildings, not the land around them. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Baldwin's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 50th percentile nationally.
Where Baldwin's buildings actually sit
Indirect exposure is dominant in Baldwin (75.4% of 130 buildings): far enough from burnable vegetation to avoid flame contact, close enough for wind-blown embers. Only 23.1% sit in the Direct zone.
Baldwin against the rest of the country
Baldwin's 66th-percentile standing inside Iowa outpaces its 48th 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, Baldwin ranks 16,382 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 27,711 by building count (1 is largest). Within Iowa alone, it ranks 343 of 1,017 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Iowa on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Baldwin
Baldwin's elevated rating (48th percentile nationally) sits outside the range where wildfire risk alone reshapes an insurance market — still, a homeowner here loses nothing by comparing rates.
What would actually reduce this score
Baldwin's 75.4% 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
Every one of the two percentiles behind Baldwin's 16,382-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. For more on what indirect exposure implies beyond Baldwin, see the exposure-zones guide.