Idaho City, ID
Idaho City wildfire risk explained
Idaho City's 383 buildings earn a 99th-percentile wildfire-risk score nationally under USFS's model — in USFS's highest wildfire-risk band nationally. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Idaho City's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 99th percentile nationally.
Idaho City's building exposure, zone by zone
USFS puts 77.3% of Idaho City's 383 buildings in the Indirect exposure zone, versus 22.7% Direct and 0% Minimal — a place where the fire doesn't need to reach the structure directly for embers to.
Idaho City against the rest of the country
Idaho City scores 99th nationally and 97th within Idaho — close enough that its state context doesn't change the picture the national number already gives. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Idaho City ranks 381 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 19,558 by building count (1 is largest). Within Idaho alone, it ranks 10 of 232 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Idaho on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Idaho City
At the 99th percentile nationally, Idaho City 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.
Hardening a home in Idaho City
Idaho City's 77.3% Indirect-exposure share points at embers, not flame contact, as the main pathway — ember-resistant vents and non-combustible roofing rank ahead of defensible space here. Detail in the home-hardening guide.
More on how this number was built
Idaho City's 99th-percentile score and its burn-probability figure both come from the same USFS workbook, documented in the methodology guide. For more on what indirect exposure implies beyond Idaho City, see the exposure-zones guide.