Geneva, IA
How exposed is Geneva to wildfire?
Geneva's 145 buildings earn a 12th-percentile wildfire-risk score nationally under USFS's model — among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Geneva at the 10th percentile, close to its 12th-percentile risk score.
Geneva's building exposure, zone by zone
Most of Geneva's buildings (71% of 145) 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 Geneva ranks
Geneva's risk sits at a similar level relative to Iowa (21st percentile statewide) as it does nationally (12th) — this place isn't unusual for its own state either way. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Geneva ranks 27,827 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 27,075 by building count (1 is largest). Within Iowa alone, it ranks 801 of 1,017 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Iowa on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Geneva
Geneva's low rating (12th 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
Even with 71% of Geneva 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.
More on how this number was built
Every one of the two percentiles behind Geneva's 27,827-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. For more on what minimal exposure implies beyond Geneva, see the exposure-zones guide.