Lincoln, ID
Lincoln wildfire risk explained
Lincoln sits at the 36th percentile nationally for wildfire risk to structures — close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range — per USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model, built from its 1,377 counted buildings, not vegetation cover alone. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Lincoln's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 35th percentile nationally.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
Lincoln rates 81% Minimal exposure against just 19% Direct and 0% Indirect — of 1,377 buildings counted, few sit close enough to burnable vegetation for USFS to flag them individually.
How Lincoln compares
Lincoln ranks lower within Idaho (11th percentile statewide) than its 36th national percentile suggests alone — a calmer spot in a state where wildfire risk generally runs high. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Lincoln ranks 20,191 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 9,724 by building count (1 is largest). Within Idaho alone, it ranks 206 of 232 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Idaho on its state page.
Lincoln and the insurance market
Lincoln's moderate rating (36th percentile nationally) sits outside the range where wildfire risk alone reshapes an insurance market — still, a homeowner here loses nothing by comparing rates.
Hardening a home in Lincoln
Lincoln's 81% 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
Lincoln's 36th-percentile score and its burn-probability figure both come from the same USFS workbook, documented in the methodology guide. For more on what minimal exposure implies beyond Lincoln, see the exposure-zones guide.