Greeley, IA
Greeley, IA's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Greeley sits at the 6th percentile nationally for wildfire risk to structures — among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally — per USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model, built from its 210 counted buildings, not vegetation cover alone. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Greeley at the 6th percentile, close to its 6th-percentile risk score.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
210 buildings are counted in Greeley, and 83.8% of them are Indirect exposure — ember-driven risk rather than the 14.8% in Direct exposure or the 1.4% rated Minimal.
Greeley against the rest of the country
There's little gap between Greeley's 6th national percentile and its 14th percentile inside Iowa, which means the state comparison mostly confirms what the national score already shows. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Greeley ranks 29,562 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 24,475 by building count (1 is largest). Within Iowa alone, it ranks 878 of 1,017 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Iowa on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Greeley
Greeley's low rating (6th percentile nationally) sits outside the range where wildfire risk alone reshapes an insurance market — still, a homeowner here loses nothing by comparing rates.
What would actually reduce this score
Greeley's 83.8% Indirect-exposure share points at embers, not flame contact, as the main pathway — ember-resistant vents and non-combustible roofing rank ahead of defensible space here. Detail in the home-hardening guide.
More on how this number was built
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 210 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Greeley. For more on what indirect exposure implies beyond Greeley, see the exposure-zones guide.