Glenwood, IA
How exposed is Glenwood to wildfire?
USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model puts Glenwood at the 69th national percentile for risk to structures, well above the national norm for wildfire risk — a score built from 2,270 actual buildings. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Glenwood's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 69th percentile nationally.
Where Glenwood's buildings actually sit
89.3% of Glenwood's 2,270 buildings sit in USFS's Minimal exposure zone, with only 10.8% rated Direct — risk here comes from regional burn probability more than proximity to burnable vegetation at the structure itself.
Where Glenwood ranks
Compare Glenwood's two percentiles: 93rd within Iowa, only 69th nationally — a gap of 24 points that marks it as unusually exposed for its own state. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Glenwood ranks 9,897 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 6,770 by building count (1 is largest). Within Iowa alone, it ranks 76 of 1,017 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Iowa on its state page.
Glenwood and the insurance market
Glenwood's high rating (69th percentile) puts it among the places where the national carrier-pullback trend is most relevant — not a guarantee of a coverage problem, but a reason to shop rather than assume.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
With 89.3% of buildings rated Minimal exposure, Glenwood gets less benefit from structure hardening than a Direct- or Indirect-dominant place would — the home-hardening guide explains why the zone matters.
More on how this number was built
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 2,270 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Glenwood. For more on what minimal exposure implies beyond Glenwood, see the exposure-zones guide.