Bevington, IA
Bevington, IA's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model puts Bevington at the 55th national percentile for risk to structures, modestly above the national average for wildfire risk — a score built from 63 actual buildings. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Bevington at the 56th national percentile — 1 points above its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Bevington's building exposure, zone by zone
61.9% of Bevington's 63 buildings sit in USFS's Minimal exposure zone, with only 38.1% rated Direct — risk here comes from regional burn probability more than proximity to burnable vegetation at the structure itself.
Bevington against the rest of the country
Bevington's 75th-percentile standing inside Iowa outpaces its 55th 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, Bevington ranks 14,211 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 30,539 by building count (1 is largest). Within Iowa alone, it ranks 257 of 1,017 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Iowa on its state page.
Bevington and the insurance market
Bevington's elevated wildfire rating (55th 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.
Hardening a home in Bevington
Even with 61.9% of Bevington 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.
Where Bevington's figures come from
Bevington's 55th-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 Bevington's dominant minimal exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.