Conrad, IA
Conrad, IA's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Conrad sits at the 19th percentile nationally for wildfire risk to structures — among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally — per USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model, built from its 601 counted buildings, not vegetation cover alone. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Conrad at the 18th national percentile — 1 points below its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Conrad's building exposure, zone by zone
Only 18.3% of Conrad's 601 buildings carry Direct exposure and 0% carry Indirect; the remaining 81.7% are Minimal, which shifts the risk driving this page's score toward the surrounding landscape rather than any one structure.
How Conrad compares
There's little gap between Conrad's 19th national percentile and its 31st percentile inside Iowa, which means the state comparison mostly confirms what the national score already shows. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Conrad ranks 25,493 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 15,820 by building count (1 is largest). Within Iowa alone, it ranks 700 of 1,017 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Iowa on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Conrad
At the 19th national percentile, Conrad rates low for wildfire risk — well short of the threshold where insurers have been withdrawing coverage, though comparing a quote costs nothing either way.
What would actually reduce this score
Conrad's 81.7% 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 Conrad's figures come from
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 601 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Conrad. The exposure-zones guide covers what Conrad's dominant minimal exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.