Irvington, IA
How exposed is Irvington to wildfire?
USFS scores Irvington at the 26th national percentile for wildfire risk to structures (close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range), a figure built from 83 real buildings rather than raw vegetation cover. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Irvington at the 24th national percentile — 2 points below its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Irvington's building exposure, zone by zone
83 buildings are counted in Irvington, and 60.2% 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.
Irvington against the rest of the country
Irvington's risk sits at a similar level relative to Iowa (39th 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, Irvington ranks 23,477 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 29,758 by building count (1 is largest). Within Iowa alone, it ranks 618 of 1,017 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Iowa on its state page.
Irvington and the insurance market
Irvington's moderate rating (26th percentile nationally) sits outside the range where wildfire risk alone reshapes an insurance market — still, a homeowner here loses nothing by comparing rates.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
With 60.2% of Irvington 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 Irvington's 23,477-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Irvington, see the exposure-zones guide.