Grandview, IA
Grandview wildfire risk explained
Grandview's 313 buildings earn a 55th-percentile wildfire-risk score nationally under USFS's model — modestly above the national average for wildfire risk. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Grandview at the 57th national percentile — 2 points above its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
86.3% of Grandview's 313 buildings fall in USFS's Indirect exposure zone — ember cast rather than direct flame — against 10.5% Direct and 3.2% Minimal. Vent screens and roofing material matter more here than lot clearing alone.
Where Grandview ranks
Compare Grandview's two percentiles: 75th within Iowa, only 55th nationally — a gap of 20 points that marks it as unusually exposed for its own state. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Grandview ranks 14,180 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 21,279 by building count (1 is largest). Within Iowa alone, it ranks 254 of 1,017 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Iowa on its state page.
What this risk score means for insurance
Grandview's elevated wildfire rating (55th percentile) isn't the kind of score driving the carrier pullback making news in the highest-risk Western markets — but a standard homeowners quote is still worth comparing on its own terms.
Hardening a home in Grandview
Because 86.3% of Grandview'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
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 313 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Grandview. For more on what indirect exposure implies beyond Grandview, see the exposure-zones guide.