Marion, IA
Marion, IA's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Out of every US place USFS scores, Marion lands at the 29th percentile for wildfire risk to structures — close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range — a figure built from its 16,837 buildings, not the land around them. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Marion's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 30th percentile nationally.
Where Marion's buildings actually sit
Marion rates 89.3% Minimal exposure against just 10.7% Direct and 0% Indirect — of 16,837 buildings counted, few sit close enough to burnable vegetation for USFS to flag them individually. At 16,837 buildings, this is a substantial built environment, so the shares below describe a real population of structures, not a handful of edge cases.
Marion against the rest of the country
Marion scores 29th nationally and 43rd 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, Marion ranks 22,432 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 860 by building count (1 is largest). Within Iowa alone, it ranks 577 of 1,017 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Iowa on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Marion
At the 29th national percentile, Marion rates moderate 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 Marion
With 89.3% of buildings rated Minimal exposure, Marion gets less benefit from structure hardening than a Direct- or Indirect-dominant place would — the home-hardening guide explains why the zone matters.
More on how this number was built
Marion's 29th-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 Marion, see the exposure-zones guide.