Gilman, IA
Gilman, IA's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model puts Gilman at the 29th national percentile for risk to structures, close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range — a score built from 387 actual buildings. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Gilman's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 28th percentile nationally.
Where Gilman's buildings actually sit
Gilman rates 80.4% Minimal exposure against just 19.6% Direct and 0% Indirect — of 387 buildings counted, few sit close enough to burnable vegetation for USFS to flag them individually.
Where Gilman ranks
Gilman's risk sits at a similar level relative to Iowa (43rd percentile statewide) as it does nationally (29th) — this place isn't unusual for its own state either way. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Gilman ranks 22,431 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 19,467 by building count (1 is largest). Within Iowa alone, it ranks 576 of 1,017 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Iowa on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Gilman
At the 29th national percentile, Gilman rates moderate 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
Gilman's 80.4% 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.
More on how this number was built
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 387 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Gilman. For more on what minimal exposure implies beyond Gilman, see the exposure-zones guide.