Kootenai, ID
How exposed is Kootenai to wildfire?
Kootenai's 471 buildings earn a 58th-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 Kootenai at the 56th percentile, close to its 58th-percentile risk score.
Where Kootenai's buildings actually sit
471 buildings are counted in Kootenai, and 80.7% of them are Indirect exposure — ember-driven risk rather than the 19.3% in Direct exposure or the 0% rated Minimal.
How Kootenai compares
Kootenai ranks lower within Idaho (24th percentile statewide) than its 58th national percentile suggests alone — a calmer spot in a state where wildfire risk generally runs high. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Kootenai ranks 13,169 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 17,851 by building count (1 is largest). Within Idaho alone, it ranks 176 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
Kootenai's elevated rating (58th 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
Because 80.7% of Kootenai's buildings sit in the Indirect zone, sealing the ember pathway (vents, roofing, gutters) is the intervention this page's data actually supports — see the home-hardening guide.
Where Kootenai's figures come from
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 471 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Kootenai. The exposure-zones guide covers what Kootenai's dominant indirect exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.