Boxholm, IA
Boxholm wildfire risk explained
Out of every US place USFS scores, Boxholm lands at the 2nd percentile for wildfire risk to structures — among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally — a figure built from its 202 buildings, not the land around them. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Boxholm at the 2nd national percentile — 0 points below its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Where Boxholm's buildings actually sit
Most of Boxholm's buildings (74.8% of 202) fall outside USFS's Direct and Indirect zones entirely — that doesn't zero out the score above, it means the risk is regional, not structure-by-structure.
Where Boxholm ranks
Boxholm scores 2nd nationally and 2nd within Iowa — close enough that its state context doesn't change the picture the national number already gives. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Boxholm ranks 30,985 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 24,762 by building count (1 is largest). Within Iowa alone, it ranks 995 of 1,017 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Iowa on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Boxholm
At the 2nd national percentile, Boxholm rates low 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
Boxholm's 74.8% Minimal-exposure share means structure-level hardening matters less here than it would elsewhere — still worth the low-cost basics, per the home-hardening guide.
Where Boxholm's figures come from
Boxholm's 2nd-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 Boxholm's dominant minimal exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.