Britt, IA
How exposed is Britt to wildfire?
Britt's 1,274 buildings earn a 3rd-percentile wildfire-risk score nationally under USFS's model — among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Britt at the 3rd national percentile — 0 points below its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Where Britt's buildings actually sit
Britt rates 91.5% Minimal exposure against just 8.5% Direct and 0% Indirect — of 1,274 buildings counted, few sit close enough to burnable vegetation for USFS to flag them individually.
How Britt compares
Britt's risk sits at a similar level relative to Iowa (6th percentile statewide) as it does nationally (3rd) — this place isn't unusual for its own state either way. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Britt ranks 30,575 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 10,230 by building count (1 is largest). Within Iowa alone, it ranks 961 of 1,017 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Iowa on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Britt
At the 3rd national percentile, Britt 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
Britt's 91.5% 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 Britt's figures come from
Britt's 3rd-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 Britt's dominant minimal exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.