Blairsburg, IA
How exposed is Blairsburg to wildfire?
Blairsburg sits at the 1st 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 171 counted buildings, not vegetation cover alone. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Blairsburg at the 1st national percentile — 0 points below its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
Only 11.7% of Blairsburg's 171 buildings carry Direct exposure and 0% carry Indirect; the remaining 88.3% are Minimal, which shifts the risk driving this page's score toward the surrounding landscape rather than any one structure.
Where Blairsburg ranks
There's little gap between Blairsburg's 1st national percentile and its 1st percentile inside Iowa, which means the state comparison mostly confirms what the national score already shows. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Blairsburg ranks 31,206 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 25,981 by building count (1 is largest). Within Iowa alone, it ranks 1,010 of 1,017 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Iowa on its state page.
What this risk score means for insurance
At the 1st national percentile, Blairsburg rates low for wildfire risk — well short of the threshold where insurers have been withdrawing coverage, though comparing a quote costs nothing either way.
What would actually reduce this score
Even with 88.3% of Blairsburg 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 Blairsburg's figures come from
Blairsburg's 1st-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 Blairsburg's dominant minimal exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.