Durango, IA
How exposed is Durango to wildfire?
Out of every US place USFS scores, Durango lands at the 31st percentile for wildfire risk to structures — close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range — a figure built from its 21 buildings, not the land around them. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Durango at the 31st percentile, close to its 31st-percentile risk score.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
USFS classifies 85.7% of Durango's buildings as Direct exposure, higher than its 14.3% Indirect share and far above its 0% Minimal share — a profile where 18 structures sit close enough to vegetation that lot clearing matters most. This is a small settlement by building count — 21 total — so these shares describe a handful of structures, not a statistical average across thousands.
How Durango compares
Durango scores 31st nationally and 45th within Iowa — close enough that its state context doesn't change the picture the national number already gives. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Durango ranks 21,895 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 31,451 by building count (1 is largest). Within Iowa alone, it ranks 557 of 1,017 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Iowa on its state page.
Durango and the insurance market
Durango's moderate rating (31st 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 Durango
With 85.7% of Durango in Direct exposure, defensible-space clearing and ember-resistant construction (vents, Class-A roofing) address the exposure this page's own numbers describe, not a generic checklist. See the home-hardening guide.
Where Durango's figures come from
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 21 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Durango. Small places like Durango (21 buildings) are exactly where USFS's underlying data gets sparsest — see the data-quality guide for the 517 places that didn't clear the bar.