Hansell, IA
Hansell wildfire risk explained
Hansell sits at the 14th 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 95 counted buildings, not vegetation cover alone. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Hansell's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 13th percentile nationally.
Where Hansell's buildings actually sit
Only 25.3% of Hansell's 95 buildings carry Direct exposure and 0% carry Indirect; the remaining 74.7% are Minimal, which shifts the risk driving this page's score toward the surrounding landscape rather than any one structure.
Hansell against the rest of the country
There's little gap between Hansell's 14th national percentile and its 24th percentile inside Iowa, which means the state comparison mostly confirms what the national score already shows. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Hansell ranks 26,943 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 29,260 by building count (1 is largest). Within Iowa alone, it ranks 768 of 1,017 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Iowa on its state page.
Hansell and the insurance market
At the 14th national percentile, Hansell rates low for wildfire risk — well short of the threshold where insurers have been withdrawing coverage, though comparing a quote costs nothing either way.
Hardening a home in Hansell
Hansell's 74.7% 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.
Where Hansell's figures come from
Hansell's 14th-percentile score and its burn-probability figure both come from the same USFS workbook, documented in the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Hansell's dominant minimal exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.