Kuna, ID
Kuna wildfire risk explained
Out of every US place USFS scores, Kuna lands at the 95th percentile for wildfire risk to structures — in USFS's highest wildfire-risk band nationally — a figure built from its 8,887 buildings, not the land around them. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Kuna's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 96th percentile nationally.
Where Kuna's buildings actually sit
Most of Kuna's buildings (68.9% of 8,887) 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. At 8,887 buildings, this is a substantial built environment, so the shares below describe a real population of structures, not a handful of edge cases.
Where Kuna ranks
Kuna ranks lower within Idaho (78th percentile statewide) than its 95th national percentile suggests alone — a calmer spot in a state where wildfire risk generally runs high. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Kuna ranks 1,673 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 1,871 by building count (1 is largest). Within Idaho alone, it ranks 53 of 232 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Idaho on its state page.
Kuna and the insurance market
Kuna's 95th-percentile, very high rating is the kind of score behind a broader national pattern: insurers pulling back from the highest wildfire-risk markets, non-renewing or declining new policies outright, most visibly in California. Shopping around, not assuming automatic renewal, tends to matter here.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
Even with 68.9% of Kuna outside USFS's Direct and Indirect zones, basic hardening — gutter maintenance, ember-resistant vents — is inexpensive relative to the regional burn-probability risk noted above. Details in the home-hardening guide.
More on how this number was built
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 8,887 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Kuna. For more on what minimal exposure implies beyond Kuna, see the exposure-zones guide.