Kimberly, ID
How exposed is Kimberly to wildfire?
Kimberly sits at the 18th percentile nationally for wildfire risk to structures — among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally — per USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model, built from its 1,766 counted buildings, not vegetation cover alone. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Kimberly at the 17th national percentile — 1 points below its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Kimberly's building exposure, zone by zone
Most of Kimberly's buildings (89.1% of 1,766) fall outside USFS's Direct and Indirect zones entirely — that doesn't zero out the score above, it means the risk is regional, not structure-by-structure.
Where Kimberly ranks
Inside Idaho, Kimberly sits at just the 3rd percentile even though it scores 18th nationally — the state's overall wildfire exposure is high enough to make this a relatively quiet corner of it. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Kimberly ranks 25,801 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 8,167 by building count (1 is largest). Within Idaho alone, it ranks 226 of 232 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Idaho on its state page.
What this risk score means for insurance
At the 18th national percentile, Kimberly rates low 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 Kimberly
Kimberly's 89.1% Minimal-exposure share means structure-level hardening matters less here than it would elsewhere — still worth the low-cost basics, per the home-hardening guide.
More on how this number was built
Every one of the two percentiles behind Kimberly's 25,801-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. For more on what minimal exposure implies beyond Kimberly, see the exposure-zones guide.