Deep River, IA
How exposed is Deep River to wildfire?
Deep River sits at the 53rd 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 207 counted buildings, not vegetation cover alone. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Deep River's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 54th percentile nationally.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
USFS classifies 85.5% of Deep River's buildings as Minimal exposure, the largest of the three zones here by a wide margin over 14.5% Direct and 0% Indirect — a landscape-level risk rather than a building-by-building one.
Deep River against the rest of the country
Compare Deep River's two percentiles: 73rd within Iowa, only 53rd nationally — a gap of 20 points that marks it as unusually exposed for its own state. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Deep River ranks 14,744 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 24,593 by building count (1 is largest). Within Iowa alone, it ranks 276 of 1,017 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Iowa on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Deep River
At the 53rd national percentile, Deep River rates elevated for wildfire risk — well short of the threshold where insurers have been withdrawing coverage, though comparing a quote costs nothing either way.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
With 85.5% of buildings rated Minimal exposure, Deep River gets less benefit from structure hardening than a Direct- or Indirect-dominant place would — the home-hardening guide explains why the zone matters.
More on how this number was built
Deep River's 53rd-percentile score and its burn-probability figure both come from the same USFS workbook, documented in the methodology guide. For more on what minimal exposure implies beyond Deep River, see the exposure-zones guide.