Farmersburg, IA
How exposed is Farmersburg to wildfire?
USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model puts Farmersburg at the 11th national percentile for risk to structures, among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally — a score built from 214 actual buildings. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Farmersburg's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 11th percentile nationally.
Farmersburg's building exposure, zone by zone
Only 4.7% of Farmersburg's 214 buildings carry Direct exposure and 0% carry Indirect; the remaining 95.3% are Minimal, which shifts the risk driving this page's score toward the surrounding landscape rather than any one structure.
Farmersburg against the rest of the country
There's little gap between Farmersburg's 11th national percentile and its 21st percentile inside Iowa, which means the state comparison mostly confirms what the national score already shows. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Farmersburg ranks 27,919 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 24,332 by building count (1 is largest). Within Iowa alone, it ranks 803 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 11th national percentile, Farmersburg rates low for wildfire risk — well short of the threshold where insurers have been withdrawing coverage, though comparing a quote costs nothing either way.
Hardening a home in Farmersburg
With 95.3% of buildings rated Minimal exposure, Farmersburg gets less benefit from structure hardening than a Direct- or Indirect-dominant place would — the home-hardening guide explains why the zone matters.
Where Farmersburg's figures come from
Farmersburg's 11th-percentile score and its burn-probability figure both come from the same USFS workbook, documented in the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Farmersburg's dominant minimal exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.