Leland, IA
How exposed is Leland to wildfire?
USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model puts Leland at the 12th national percentile for risk to structures, among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally — a score built from 211 actual buildings. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Leland's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 9th percentile nationally.
Leland's building exposure, zone by zone
Only 27% of Leland's 211 buildings carry Direct exposure and 0% carry Indirect; the remaining 73% are Minimal, which shifts the risk driving this page's score toward the surrounding landscape rather than any one structure.
Where Leland ranks
Leland scores 12th nationally and 22nd within Iowa — close enough that its state context doesn't change the picture the national number already gives. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Leland ranks 27,669 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 24,435 by building count (1 is largest). Within Iowa alone, it ranks 794 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
Leland's low wildfire rating (12th percentile) isn't the kind of score driving the carrier pullback making news in the highest-risk Western markets — but a standard homeowners quote is still worth comparing on its own terms.
What would actually reduce this score
With 73% of buildings rated Minimal exposure, Leland gets less benefit from structure hardening than a Direct- or Indirect-dominant place would — the home-hardening guide explains why the zone matters.
Where Leland's figures come from
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 211 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Leland. The exposure-zones guide covers what Leland's dominant minimal exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.