Le Grand, IA
Le Grand, IA's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model puts Le Grand at the 69th national percentile for risk to structures, well above the national norm for wildfire risk — a score built from 506 actual buildings. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Le Grand's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 70th percentile nationally.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
79.1% of Le Grand's 506 buildings sit in USFS's Minimal exposure zone, with only 21% rated Direct — risk here comes from regional burn probability more than proximity to burnable vegetation at the structure itself.
Le Grand against the rest of the country
Compare Le Grand's two percentiles: 93rd within Iowa, only 69th nationally — a gap of 24 points that marks it as unusually exposed for its own state. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Le Grand ranks 9,767 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 17,241 by building count (1 is largest). Within Iowa alone, it ranks 71 of 1,017 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Iowa on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Le Grand
At the 69th percentile nationally, Le Grand carries the high rating that has pushed some carriers to limit new business in similarly-scored places elsewhere in the country. Worth comparing quotes rather than assuming last year's renewal terms still apply.
What would actually reduce this score
Le Grand's 79.1% 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
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 506 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Le Grand. For more on what minimal exposure implies beyond Le Grand, see the exposure-zones guide.