Douds, IA
Douds, IA's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Douds's 175 buildings earn a 71st-percentile wildfire-risk score nationally under USFS's model — well above the national norm for wildfire risk. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Douds's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 73rd percentile nationally.
Douds's building exposure, zone by zone
175 buildings are counted in Douds, and 54.9% of them are Indirect exposure — ember-driven risk rather than the 44.6% in Direct exposure or the 0.6% rated Minimal.
Douds against the rest of the country
Douds's 94th-percentile standing inside Iowa outpaces its 71st 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, Douds ranks 9,199 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 25,821 by building count (1 is largest). Within Iowa alone, it ranks 60 of 1,017 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Iowa on its state page.
Douds and the insurance market
At the 71st percentile nationally, Douds 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 Douds
Because 54.9% of Douds's buildings sit in the Indirect zone, sealing the ember pathway (vents, roofing, gutters) is the intervention this page's data actually supports — see the home-hardening guide.
More on how this number was built
Every one of the two percentiles behind Douds's 9,199-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. For more on what indirect exposure implies beyond Douds, see the exposure-zones guide.