Fonda, IA
Fonda wildfire risk explained
Out of every US place USFS scores, Fonda lands at the 6th percentile for wildfire risk to structures — among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally — a figure built from its 490 buildings, not the land around them. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Fonda at the 4th national percentile — 1 points below its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Fonda's building exposure, zone by zone
Only 5.1% of Fonda's 490 buildings carry Direct exposure and 0% carry Indirect; the remaining 94.9% are Minimal, which shifts the risk driving this page's score toward the surrounding landscape rather than any one structure.
Where Fonda ranks
Fonda's risk sits at a similar level relative to Iowa (12th percentile statewide) as it does nationally (6th) — this place isn't unusual for its own state either way. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Fonda ranks 29,779 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 17,530 by building count (1 is largest). Within Iowa alone, it ranks 892 of 1,017 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Iowa on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Fonda
Fonda's low rating (6th percentile nationally) sits outside the range where wildfire risk alone reshapes an insurance market — still, a homeowner here loses nothing by comparing rates.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
Fonda's 94.9% Minimal-exposure share means structure-level hardening matters less here than it would elsewhere — still worth the low-cost basics, per the home-hardening guide.
Where Fonda's figures come from
Fonda's 6th-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 Fonda's dominant minimal exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.