Hedrick, IA
How exposed is Hedrick to wildfire?
Hedrick's 561 buildings earn a 45th-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.)
Separately from the risk score above, Hedrick's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 47th percentile nationally.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
561 buildings are counted in Hedrick, and 88.4% of them are Indirect exposure — ember-driven risk rather than the 10.5% in Direct exposure or the 1.1% rated Minimal.
Where Hedrick ranks
Within Iowa, Hedrick ranks higher (62nd percentile) than it does nationally (45th) — one of the more fire-exposed places in a state that, overall, scores lower than that. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Hedrick ranks 17,200 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 16,388 by building count (1 is largest). Within Iowa alone, it ranks 387 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
Hedrick's elevated rating (45th 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
Because 88.4% of Hedrick'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.
Where Hedrick's figures come from
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 561 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Hedrick. The exposure-zones guide covers what Hedrick's dominant indirect exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.