Dyersville, IA
Dyersville, IA's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Out of every US place USFS scores, Dyersville lands at the 9th percentile for wildfire risk to structures — among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally — a figure built from its 2,277 buildings, not the land around them. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Dyersville's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 9th percentile nationally.
Dyersville's building exposure, zone by zone
2,277 buildings are counted in Dyersville, and 50.9% of them are Indirect exposure — ember-driven risk rather than the 13.2% in Direct exposure or the 35.9% rated Minimal.
How Dyersville compares
There's little gap between Dyersville's 9th national percentile and its 19th percentile inside Iowa, which means the state comparison mostly confirms what the national score already shows. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Dyersville ranks 28,642 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 6,753 by building count (1 is largest). Within Iowa alone, it ranks 830 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
At the 9th national percentile, Dyersville rates low 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
Dyersville's 50.9% Indirect-exposure share points at embers, not flame contact, as the main pathway — ember-resistant vents and non-combustible roofing rank ahead of defensible space here. Detail in the home-hardening guide.
More on how this number was built
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 2,277 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Dyersville. For more on what indirect exposure implies beyond Dyersville, see the exposure-zones guide.