Casey, IA
How exposed is Casey to wildfire?
Out of every US place USFS scores, Casey lands at the 59th percentile for wildfire risk to structures — modestly above the national average for wildfire risk — a figure built from its 335 buildings, not the land around them. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Casey at the 59th national percentile — 0 points above its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Where Casey's buildings actually sit
Most of Casey's buildings (74.9% of 335) 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.
How Casey compares
Within Iowa, Casey ranks higher (83rd percentile) than it does nationally (59th) — one of the more fire-exposed places in a state that, overall, scores lower than that. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Casey ranks 12,854 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 20,696 by building count (1 is largest). Within Iowa alone, it ranks 178 of 1,017 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Iowa on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Casey
Casey's elevated wildfire rating (59th percentile) isn't the kind of score driving the carrier pullback making news in the highest-risk Western markets — but a standard homeowners quote is still worth comparing on its own terms.
What would actually reduce this score
With 74.9% of buildings rated Minimal exposure, Casey gets less benefit from structure hardening than a Direct- or Indirect-dominant place would — the home-hardening guide explains why the zone matters.
Where Casey's figures come from
Every one of the two percentiles behind Casey's 12,854-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Casey's dominant minimal exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.