Dedham, IA
Dedham, IA's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
USFS scores Dedham at the 47th national percentile for wildfire risk to structures (modestly above the national average for wildfire risk), a figure built from 198 real buildings rather than raw vegetation cover. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Dedham at the 47th percentile, close to its 47th-percentile risk score.
Dedham's building exposure, zone by zone
USFS classifies 78.3% of Dedham's buildings as Minimal exposure, the largest of the three zones here by a wide margin over 21.7% Direct and 0% Indirect — a landscape-level risk rather than a building-by-building one.
Dedham against the rest of the country
Within Iowa, Dedham ranks higher (64th percentile) than it does nationally (47th) — one of the more fire-exposed places in a state that, overall, scores lower than that. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Dedham ranks 16,758 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 24,920 by building count (1 is largest). Within Iowa alone, it ranks 366 of 1,017 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Iowa on its state page.
Dedham and the insurance market
Dedham's elevated rating (47th percentile nationally) sits outside the range where wildfire risk alone reshapes an insurance market — still, a homeowner here loses nothing by comparing rates.
Hardening a home in Dedham
With 78.3% of buildings rated Minimal exposure, Dedham gets less benefit from structure hardening than a Direct- or Indirect-dominant place would — the home-hardening guide explains why the zone matters.
Where Dedham's figures come from
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 198 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Dedham. The exposure-zones guide covers what Dedham's dominant minimal exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.