Gannett, ID
How exposed is Gannett to wildfire?
Out of every US place USFS scores, Gannett lands at the 80th percentile for wildfire risk to structures — well above the national norm for wildfire risk — a figure built from its 93 buildings, not the land around them. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Gannett at the 78th national percentile — 2 points below its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
Indirect exposure is dominant in Gannett (78.5% of 93 buildings): far enough from burnable vegetation to avoid flame contact, close enough for wind-blown embers. Only 21.5% sit in the Direct zone.
Gannett against the rest of the country
Inside Idaho, Gannett sits at just the 47th percentile even though it scores 80th nationally — the state's overall wildfire exposure is high enough to make this a relatively quiet corner of it. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Gannett ranks 6,461 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 29,346 by building count (1 is largest). Within Idaho alone, it ranks 124 of 232 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Idaho on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Gannett
At the 80th percentile nationally, Gannett 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 78.5% of Gannett'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
Every one of the two percentiles behind Gannett's 6,461-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. For more on what indirect exposure implies beyond Gannett, see the exposure-zones guide.