Hampton, IA
Hampton, IA's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Hampton sits at the 12th 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 2,307 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 Hampton at the 11th percentile, close to its 12th-percentile risk score.
Hampton's building exposure, zone by zone
Hampton rates 92.9% Minimal exposure against just 7.1% Direct and 0% Indirect — of 2,307 buildings counted, few sit close enough to burnable vegetation for USFS to flag them individually.
Hampton against the rest of the country
Hampton scores 12th nationally and 22nd within Iowa — close enough that its state context doesn't change the picture the national number already gives. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Hampton ranks 27,792 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 6,682 by building count (1 is largest). Within Iowa alone, it ranks 798 of 1,017 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Iowa on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Hampton
At the 12th national percentile, Hampton rates low 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
Even with 92.9% of Hampton 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.
Where Hampton's figures come from
Every one of the two percentiles behind Hampton's 27,792-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Hampton's dominant minimal exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.