Conway, IA
Conway wildfire risk explained
Conway sits at the 57th 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 46 counted buildings, not vegetation cover alone. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Conway at the 57th percentile, close to its 57th-percentile risk score.
Conway's building exposure, zone by zone
Of Conway's 46 counted buildings, 76.1% carry Direct exposure and only 23.9% carry Minimal — a lopsided split that puts defensible-space clearing ahead of vents or roofing as the intervention worth doing first.
Where Conway ranks
Compare Conway's two percentiles: 78th within Iowa, only 57th nationally — a gap of 21 points that marks it as unusually exposed for its own state. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Conway ranks 13,610 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 31,020 by building count (1 is largest). Within Iowa alone, it ranks 222 of 1,017 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Iowa on its state page.
What this risk score means for insurance
Conway's elevated wildfire rating (57th 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 76.1% of Conway in Direct exposure, defensible-space clearing and ember-resistant construction (vents, Class-A roofing) address the exposure this page's own numbers describe, not a generic checklist. See the home-hardening guide.
Where Conway's figures come from
Conway's 57th-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 Conway's dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.