Hopkinton, IA
Hopkinton, IA's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Hopkinton's 453 buildings earn a 26th-percentile wildfire-risk score nationally under USFS's model — close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Hopkinton at the 26th percentile, close to its 26th-percentile risk score.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
Most of Hopkinton's buildings (72.4%) sit in the Indirect zone, where wind-blown embers rather than flame front are the mechanism USFS is scoring — ember-resistant vents and non-combustible roofing are the interventions this pattern favors, more than defensible space alone.
How Hopkinton compares
Hopkinton's risk sits at a similar level relative to Iowa (40th percentile statewide) as it does nationally (26th) — this place isn't unusual for its own state either way. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Hopkinton ranks 23,354 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 18,215 by building count (1 is largest). Within Iowa alone, it ranks 610 of 1,017 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Iowa on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Hopkinton
At the 26th national percentile, Hopkinton rates moderate 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 Hopkinton
With ember exposure the dominant pattern in Hopkinton (72.4% Indirect), vent screens and roofing material tend to matter more than lot clearing alone. The home-hardening guide covers both.
Where Hopkinton's figures come from
Every one of the two percentiles behind Hopkinton's 23,354-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Hopkinton's dominant indirect exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.