Blanchard, ID
How exposed is Blanchard to wildfire?
USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model puts Blanchard at the 60th national percentile for risk to structures, modestly above the national average for wildfire risk — a score built from 295 actual buildings. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Blanchard at the 56th percentile, close to its 60th-percentile risk score.
Blanchard's building exposure, zone by zone
Direct exposure dominates in Blanchard: 59% of its 295 buildings, versus 40.3% Indirect and 0.7% Minimal. Clearing space around a structure changes the outcome here more than any single building-material swap.
Blanchard against the rest of the country
Blanchard ranks lower within Idaho (26th percentile statewide) than its 60th national percentile suggests alone — a calmer spot in a state where wildfire risk generally runs high. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Blanchard ranks 12,599 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 21,750 by building count (1 is largest). Within Idaho alone, it ranks 173 of 232 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Idaho on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Blanchard
At the 60th national percentile, Blanchard rates elevated for wildfire risk — well short of the threshold where insurers have been withdrawing coverage, though comparing a quote costs nothing either way.
Hardening a home in Blanchard
Because Direct exposure dominates in Blanchard (59%), the highest-leverage fix is defensible space, not roofing or vents alone — covered in the home-hardening guide.
More on how this number was built
Every one of the two percentiles behind Blanchard's 12,599-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Blanchard, see the exposure-zones guide.