Lohrville, IA
How exposed is Lohrville to wildfire?
USFS scores Lohrville at the 9th national percentile for wildfire risk to structures (among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally), a figure built from 317 real buildings rather than raw vegetation cover. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Lohrville's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 8th percentile nationally.
Where Lohrville's buildings actually sit
75.7% of Lohrville's 317 buildings sit in USFS's Minimal exposure zone, with only 24.3% rated Direct — risk here comes from regional burn probability more than proximity to burnable vegetation at the structure itself.
How Lohrville compares
Lohrville's risk sits at a similar level relative to Iowa (18th percentile statewide) as it does nationally (9th) — this place isn't unusual for its own state either way. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Lohrville ranks 28,709 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 21,178 by building count (1 is largest). Within Iowa alone, it ranks 834 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
At the 9th national percentile, Lohrville rates low for wildfire risk — well short of the threshold where insurers have been withdrawing coverage, though comparing a quote costs nothing either way.
Hardening a home in Lohrville
Even with 75.7% of Lohrville outside USFS's Direct and Indirect zones, basic hardening — gutter maintenance, ember-resistant vents — is inexpensive relative to the regional burn-probability risk noted above. Details in the home-hardening guide.
Where Lohrville's figures come from
Every one of the two percentiles behind Lohrville's 28,709-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Lohrville's dominant minimal exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.