Bonners Ferry, ID
Bonners Ferry, ID's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Bonners Ferry sits at the 61st percentile nationally for wildfire risk to structures — well above the national norm for wildfire risk — per USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model, built from its 1,641 counted buildings, not vegetation cover alone. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Bonners Ferry's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 56th percentile nationally.
Bonners Ferry's building exposure, zone by zone
1,641 buildings are counted in Bonners Ferry, and 80.7% of them are Indirect exposure — ember-driven risk rather than the 19% in Direct exposure or the 0.3% rated Minimal.
Where Bonners Ferry ranks
Bonners Ferry ranks lower within Idaho (27th percentile statewide) than its 61st national percentile suggests alone — a calmer spot in a state where wildfire risk generally runs high. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Bonners Ferry ranks 12,285 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 8,613 by building count (1 is largest). Within Idaho alone, it ranks 170 of 232 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Idaho on its state page.
Bonners Ferry and the insurance market
Bonners Ferry's high rating (61st percentile) puts it among the places where the national carrier-pullback trend is most relevant — not a guarantee of a coverage problem, but a reason to shop rather than assume.
Hardening a home in Bonners Ferry
Bonners Ferry's 80.7% 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 Bonners Ferry's 12,285-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. For more on what indirect exposure implies beyond Bonners Ferry, see the exposure-zones guide.