Little Sioux, IA
Little Sioux, IA's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Little Sioux sits at the 79th percentile nationally for wildfire risk to structures — well above the national norm for wildfire risk — per USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model, built from its 165 counted buildings, not vegetation cover alone. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Little Sioux at the 79th percentile, close to its 79th-percentile risk score.
Little Sioux's building exposure, zone by zone
USFS classifies 44.9% of Little Sioux's buildings as Minimal exposure, the largest of the three zones here by a wide margin over 26.7% Direct and 28.5% Indirect — a landscape-level risk rather than a building-by-building one.
How Little Sioux compares
Little Sioux's 99th-percentile standing inside Iowa outpaces its 79th national percentile — this is a hotter spot than most of its own state, even though the state as a whole runs cooler nationally. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Little Sioux ranks 6,522 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 26,215 by building count (1 is largest). Within Iowa alone, it ranks 13 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
Little Sioux's high rating (79th 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.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
Little Sioux's 44.9% 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.
Where Little Sioux's figures come from
Every one of the two percentiles behind Little Sioux's 6,522-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Little Sioux's dominant minimal exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.