Bentley, IA
How exposed is Bentley to wildfire?
USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model puts Bentley at the 39th national percentile for risk to structures, close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range — a score built from 78 actual buildings. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Bentley's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 37th percentile nationally.
Where Bentley's buildings actually sit
Direct exposure dominates in Bentley: 74.4% of its 78 buildings, versus 0% Indirect and 25.6% Minimal. Clearing space around a structure changes the outcome here more than any single building-material swap.
Where Bentley ranks
There's little gap between Bentley's 39th national percentile and its 54th percentile inside Iowa, which means the state comparison mostly confirms what the national score already shows. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Bentley ranks 19,093 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 29,960 by building count (1 is largest). Within Iowa alone, it ranks 466 of 1,017 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Iowa on its state page.
Bentley and the insurance market
At the 39th national percentile, Bentley rates moderate for wildfire risk — well short of the threshold where insurers have been withdrawing coverage, though comparing a quote costs nothing either way.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
With 74.4% of Bentley in Direct exposure, defensible-space clearing and ember-resistant construction (vents, Class-A roofing) address the exposure this page's own numbers describe, not a generic checklist. See the home-hardening guide.
More on how this number was built
Bentley's 39th-percentile score and its burn-probability figure both come from the same USFS workbook, documented in the methodology guide. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Bentley, see the exposure-zones guide.