McCausland, IA
McCausland wildfire risk explained
McCausland's 244 buildings earn a 59th-percentile wildfire-risk score nationally under USFS's model — modestly above the national average for wildfire risk. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, McCausland's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 60th percentile nationally.
Where McCausland's buildings actually sit
Most of McCausland's buildings (65.2%) sit in the Indirect zone, where wind-blown embers rather than flame front are the mechanism USFS is scoring — ember-resistant vents and non-combustible roofing are the interventions this pattern favors, more than defensible space alone.
McCausland against the rest of the country
Within Iowa, McCausland ranks higher (82nd percentile) than it does nationally (59th) — one of the more fire-exposed places in a state that, overall, scores lower than that. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, McCausland ranks 12,978 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 23,330 by building count (1 is largest). Within Iowa alone, it ranks 184 of 1,017 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Iowa on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in McCausland
McCausland's elevated rating (59th 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 McCausland
Because 65.2% of McCausland's buildings sit in the Indirect zone, sealing the ember pathway (vents, roofing, gutters) is the intervention this page's data actually supports — see the home-hardening guide.
Where McCausland's figures come from
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 244 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for McCausland. The exposure-zones guide covers what McCausland's dominant indirect exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.