Hidden Springs, ID
How exposed is Hidden Springs to wildfire?
Out of every US place USFS scores, Hidden Springs lands at the 98th percentile for wildfire risk to structures — in USFS's highest wildfire-risk band nationally — a figure built from its 1,049 buildings, not the land around them. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Hidden Springs's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 99th percentile nationally.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
1,049 buildings are counted in Hidden Springs, and 51.2% of them sit in USFS's Direct exposure zone — flame contact, not just ember cast, is the live possibility for most of them, against 0% rated Minimal.
Where Hidden Springs ranks
Hidden Springs's risk sits at a similar level relative to Idaho (91st percentile statewide) as it does nationally (98th) — this place isn't unusual for its own state either way. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Hidden Springs ranks 602 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 11,598 by building count (1 is largest). Within Idaho alone, it ranks 23 of 232 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Idaho on its state page.
Hidden Springs and the insurance market
At the 98th percentile nationally, Hidden Springs carries the very high rating that has pushed some carriers to limit new business in similarly-scored places elsewhere in the country. Worth comparing quotes rather than assuming last year's renewal terms still apply.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
With 51.2% of Hidden Springs in Direct exposure, defensible-space clearing and ember-resistant construction (vents, Class-A roofing) address the exposure this page's own numbers describe, not a generic checklist. See the home-hardening guide.
More on how this number was built
Every one of the two percentiles behind Hidden Springs's 602-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Hidden Springs, see the exposure-zones guide.