Kingston, IA
How exposed is Kingston to wildfire?
Kingston sits at the 59th percentile nationally for wildfire risk to structures — modestly above the national average for wildfire risk — per USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model, built from its 105 counted buildings, not vegetation cover alone. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Kingston at the 61st national percentile — 2 points above its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
Only 47.6% of Kingston's 105 buildings carry Direct exposure and 0% carry Indirect; the remaining 52.4% are Minimal, which shifts the risk driving this page's score toward the surrounding landscape rather than any one structure.
Where Kingston ranks
Within Iowa, Kingston ranks higher (82nd percentile) than it does nationally (59th) — one of the more fire-exposed places in a state that, overall, scores lower than that. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Kingston ranks 12,882 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 28,799 by building count (1 is largest). Within Iowa alone, it ranks 182 of 1,017 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Iowa on its state page.
What this risk score means for insurance
At the 59th national percentile, Kingston 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
Kingston's 52.4% 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
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 105 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Kingston. For more on what minimal exposure implies beyond Kingston, see the exposure-zones guide.