Ida Grove, IA
How exposed is Ida Grove to wildfire?
Ida Grove's 1,356 buildings earn a 52nd-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.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Ida Grove at the 52nd percentile, close to its 52nd-percentile risk score.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
85.9% of Ida Grove's 1,356 buildings sit in USFS's Minimal exposure zone, with only 14.1% rated Direct — risk here comes from regional burn probability more than proximity to burnable vegetation at the structure itself.
How Ida Grove compares
Within Iowa, Ida Grove ranks higher (72nd percentile) than it does nationally (52nd) — one of the more fire-exposed places in a state that, overall, scores lower than that. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Ida Grove ranks 15,025 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 9,805 by building count (1 is largest). Within Iowa alone, it ranks 287 of 1,017 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Iowa on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Ida Grove
At the 52nd national percentile, Ida Grove rates elevated 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 85.9% of Ida Grove 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.
More on how this number was built
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 1,356 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Ida Grove. For more on what minimal exposure implies beyond Ida Grove, see the exposure-zones guide.