Frytown, IA
Frytown, IA's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
USFS scores Frytown at the 47th national percentile for wildfire risk to structures (modestly above the national average for wildfire risk), a figure built from 139 real buildings rather than raw vegetation cover. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Frytown at the 49th national percentile — 2 points above its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Frytown's building exposure, zone by zone
Most of Frytown's buildings (71.2% of 139) fall outside USFS's Direct and Indirect zones entirely — that doesn't zero out the score above, it means the risk is regional, not structure-by-structure.
Where Frytown ranks
Within Iowa, Frytown ranks higher (64th percentile) than it does nationally (47th) — one of the more fire-exposed places in a state that, overall, scores lower than that. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Frytown ranks 16,698 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 27,322 by building count (1 is largest). Within Iowa alone, it ranks 365 of 1,017 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Iowa on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Frytown
At the 47th national percentile, Frytown rates elevated for wildfire risk — well short of the threshold where insurers have been withdrawing coverage, though comparing a quote costs nothing either way.
What would actually reduce this score
Even with 71.2% of Frytown outside USFS's Direct and Indirect zones, basic hardening — gutter maintenance, ember-resistant vents — is inexpensive relative to the regional burn-probability risk noted above. Details in the home-hardening guide.
Where Frytown's figures come from
Frytown's 47th-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 Frytown's dominant minimal exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.