Danville, IA
Danville, IA's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Danville sits at the 13th 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 502 counted buildings, not vegetation cover alone. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Danville at the 13th national percentile — 0 points above its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Where Danville's buildings actually sit
Only 13.6% of Danville's 502 buildings carry Direct exposure and 0% carry Indirect; the remaining 86.5% are Minimal, which shifts the risk driving this page's score toward the surrounding landscape rather than any one structure.
Danville against the rest of the country
Danville's risk sits at a similar level relative to Iowa (23rd percentile statewide) as it does nationally (13th) — this place isn't unusual for its own state either way. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Danville ranks 27,350 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 17,310 by building count (1 is largest). Within Iowa alone, it ranks 783 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
Danville's low wildfire rating (13th 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.
Hardening a home in Danville
With 86.5% of buildings rated Minimal exposure, Danville gets less benefit from structure hardening than a Direct- or Indirect-dominant place would — the home-hardening guide explains why the zone matters.
Where Danville's figures come from
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 502 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Danville. The exposure-zones guide covers what Danville's dominant minimal exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.