Calamus, IA
Calamus, IA's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Calamus's 288 buildings earn a 38th-percentile wildfire-risk score nationally under USFS's model — close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Calamus at the 40th percentile, close to its 38th-percentile risk score.
Where Calamus's buildings actually sit
288 buildings are counted in Calamus, and 62.5% of them are Indirect exposure — ember-driven risk rather than the 6.6% in Direct exposure or the 30.9% rated Minimal.
How Calamus compares
Within Iowa, Calamus ranks higher (53rd percentile) than it does nationally (38th) — one of the more fire-exposed places in a state that, overall, scores lower than that. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Calamus ranks 19,441 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 21,958 by building count (1 is largest). Within Iowa alone, it ranks 474 of 1,017 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Iowa on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Calamus
Calamus's moderate rating (38th percentile nationally) sits outside the range where wildfire risk alone reshapes an insurance market — still, a homeowner here loses nothing by comparing rates.
What would actually reduce this score
With ember exposure the dominant pattern in Calamus (62.5% Indirect), vent screens and roofing material tend to matter more than lot clearing alone. The home-hardening guide covers both.
Where Calamus's figures come from
Calamus's 38th-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 Calamus's dominant indirect exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.