Lacona, IA
Lacona, IA's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
USFS scores Lacona at the 70th national percentile for wildfire risk to structures (well above the national norm for wildfire risk), a figure built from 274 real buildings rather than raw vegetation cover. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Lacona at the 71st percentile, close to its 70th-percentile risk score.
Lacona's building exposure, zone by zone
USFS classifies 39.4% of Lacona's buildings as Direct exposure, higher than its 32.5% Indirect share and far above its 28.1% Minimal share — a profile where 108 structures sit close enough to vegetation that lot clearing matters most.
Where Lacona ranks
Compare Lacona's two percentiles: 93rd within Iowa, only 70th nationally — a gap of 24 points that marks it as unusually exposed for its own state. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Lacona ranks 9,577 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 22,391 by building count (1 is largest). Within Iowa alone, it ranks 69 of 1,017 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Iowa on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Lacona
Lacona's high rating (70th percentile) puts it among the places where the national carrier-pullback trend is most relevant — not a guarantee of a coverage problem, but a reason to shop rather than assume.
What would actually reduce this score
With 39.4% of Lacona 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.
Where Lacona's figures come from
Every one of the two percentiles behind Lacona's 9,577-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Lacona's dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.