Correctionville, IA
Correctionville wildfire risk explained
Out of every US place USFS scores, Correctionville lands at the 72nd percentile for wildfire risk to structures — well above the national norm for wildfire risk — a figure built from its 549 buildings, not the land around them. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Correctionville's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 71st percentile nationally.
Where Correctionville's buildings actually sit
Most of Correctionville's buildings (53.7%) sit in the Indirect zone, where wind-blown embers rather than flame front are the mechanism USFS is scoring — ember-resistant vents and non-combustible roofing are the interventions this pattern favors, more than defensible space alone.
How Correctionville compares
Correctionville's 95th-percentile standing inside Iowa outpaces its 72nd national percentile — this is a hotter spot than most of its own state, even though the state as a whole runs cooler nationally. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Correctionville ranks 8,977 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 16,582 by building count (1 is largest). Within Iowa alone, it ranks 51 of 1,017 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Iowa on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Correctionville
Correctionville's 72nd-percentile, high rating is the kind of score behind a broader national pattern: insurers pulling back from the highest wildfire-risk markets, non-renewing or declining new policies outright, most visibly in California. Shopping around, not assuming automatic renewal, tends to matter here.
Hardening a home in Correctionville
With ember exposure the dominant pattern in Correctionville (53.7% Indirect), vent screens and roofing material tend to matter more than lot clearing alone. The home-hardening guide covers both.
Where Correctionville's figures come from
Every one of the two percentiles behind Correctionville's 8,977-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Correctionville's dominant indirect exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.