Corning, IA
How exposed is Corning to wildfire?
Corning sits at the 71st percentile nationally for wildfire risk to structures — well above the national norm for wildfire risk — per USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model, built from its 1,075 counted buildings, not vegetation cover alone. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Corning's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 72nd percentile nationally.
Corning's building exposure, zone by zone
1,075 buildings are counted in Corning, and 82.1% of them are Indirect exposure — ember-driven risk rather than the 15.8% in Direct exposure or the 2.1% rated Minimal.
How Corning compares
Compare Corning's two percentiles: 94th within Iowa, only 71st nationally — a gap of 24 points that marks it as unusually exposed for its own state. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Corning ranks 9,198 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 11,431 by building count (1 is largest). Within Iowa alone, it ranks 59 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
At the 71st percentile nationally, Corning carries the high rating that has pushed some carriers to limit new business in similarly-scored places elsewhere in the country. Worth comparing quotes rather than assuming last year's renewal terms still apply.
Hardening a home in Corning
With ember exposure the dominant pattern in Corning (82.1% Indirect), vent screens and roofing material tend to matter more than lot clearing alone. The home-hardening guide covers both.
More on how this number was built
Corning's 71st-percentile score and its burn-probability figure both come from the same USFS workbook, documented in the methodology guide. For more on what indirect exposure implies beyond Corning, see the exposure-zones guide.