Marquette, IA
Marquette, IA's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Marquette's 303 buildings earn a 36th-percentile wildfire-risk score nationally under USFS's model — close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Marquette at the 38th percentile, close to its 36th-percentile risk score.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
Direct exposure dominates in Marquette: 62.7% of its 303 buildings, versus 37.3% Indirect and 0% Minimal. Clearing space around a structure changes the outcome here more than any single building-material swap.
Where Marquette ranks
Marquette's 51st-percentile standing inside Iowa outpaces its 36th 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, Marquette ranks 20,132 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 21,536 by building count (1 is largest). Within Iowa alone, it ranks 494 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
Marquette'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 Marquette
Because Direct exposure dominates in Marquette (62.7%), the highest-leverage fix is defensible space, not roofing or vents alone — covered in the home-hardening guide.
Where Marquette's figures come from
Every one of the two percentiles behind Marquette's 20,132-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Marquette's dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.