Clermont, IA
How exposed is Clermont to wildfire?
Clermont sits at the 44th percentile nationally for wildfire risk to structures — modestly above the national average for wildfire risk — per USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model, built from its 497 counted buildings, not vegetation cover alone. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Clermont's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 46th percentile nationally.
Where Clermont's buildings actually sit
497 buildings are counted in Clermont, and 78.5% of them are Indirect exposure — ember-driven risk rather than the 21.5% in Direct exposure or the 0% rated Minimal.
How Clermont compares
Compare Clermont's two percentiles: 60th within Iowa, only 44th nationally — a gap of 16 points that marks it as unusually exposed for its own state. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Clermont ranks 17,705 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 17,403 by building count (1 is largest). Within Iowa alone, it ranks 409 of 1,017 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Iowa on its state page.
Clermont and the insurance market
Clermont's elevated rating (44th percentile nationally) sits outside the range where wildfire risk alone reshapes an insurance market — still, a homeowner here loses nothing by comparing rates.
Hardening a home in Clermont
Because 78.5% of Clermont's buildings sit in the Indirect zone, sealing the ember pathway (vents, roofing, gutters) is the intervention this page's data actually supports — see the home-hardening guide.
More on how this number was built
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 497 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Clermont. For more on what indirect exposure implies beyond Clermont, see the exposure-zones guide.