McIntire, IA
McIntire, IA's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model puts McIntire at the 28th national percentile for risk to structures, close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range — a score built from 160 actual buildings. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts McIntire at the 27th percentile, close to its 28th-percentile risk score.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
McIntire rates 62.5% Minimal exposure against just 37.5% Direct and 0% Indirect — of 160 buildings counted, few sit close enough to burnable vegetation for USFS to flag them individually.
Where McIntire ranks
McIntire scores 28th nationally and 42nd 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, McIntire ranks 22,751 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 26,430 by building count (1 is largest). Within Iowa alone, it ranks 588 of 1,017 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Iowa on its state page.
McIntire and the insurance market
At the 28th national percentile, McIntire 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 McIntire
With 62.5% of buildings rated Minimal exposure, McIntire gets less benefit from structure hardening than a Direct- or Indirect-dominant place would — the home-hardening guide explains why the zone matters.
Where McIntire's figures come from
Every one of the two percentiles behind McIntire's 22,751-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what McIntire's dominant minimal exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.