Marsing, ID
Marsing, ID's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Out of every US place USFS scores, Marsing lands at the 59th percentile for wildfire risk to structures — modestly above the national average for wildfire risk — a figure built from its 593 buildings, not the land around them. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Marsing at the 57th percentile, close to its 59th-percentile risk score.
Where Marsing's buildings actually sit
Most of Marsing's buildings (80.8% of 593) fall outside USFS's Direct and Indirect zones entirely — that doesn't zero out the score above, it means the risk is regional, not structure-by-structure.
How Marsing compares
Marsing's 59th national percentile looks worse in isolation than its 25th ranking inside Idaho does — this place is on the milder end for its own state, by 34 points. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Marsing ranks 13,010 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 15,924 by building count (1 is largest). Within Idaho alone, it ranks 175 of 232 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Idaho on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Marsing
At the 59th national percentile, Marsing rates elevated 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 Marsing
Even with 80.8% of Marsing 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.
More on how this number was built
Every one of the two percentiles behind Marsing's 13,010-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. For more on what minimal exposure implies beyond Marsing, see the exposure-zones guide.