East Amana, IA
East Amana, IA's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model puts East Amana at the 68th national percentile for risk to structures, well above the national norm for wildfire risk — a score built from 56 actual buildings. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks East Amana at the 69th national percentile — 1 points above its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
57.1% of East Amana's 56 buildings fall in USFS's Indirect exposure zone — ember cast rather than direct flame — against 42.9% Direct and 0% Minimal. Vent screens and roofing material matter more here than lot clearing alone.
Where East Amana ranks
East Amana's 92nd-percentile standing inside Iowa outpaces its 68th 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, East Amana ranks 10,015 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 30,764 by building count (1 is largest). Within Iowa alone, it ranks 80 of 1,017 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Iowa on its state page.
East Amana and the insurance market
At the 68th percentile nationally, East Amana 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.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
Because 57.1% of East Amana'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
East Amana's 68th-percentile score and its burn-probability figure both come from the same USFS workbook, documented in the methodology guide. For more on what indirect exposure implies beyond East Amana, see the exposure-zones guide.