Minburn, IA
How exposed is Minburn to wildfire?
Minburn's 238 buildings earn a 22nd-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.)
Separately from the risk score above, Minburn's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 20th percentile nationally.
Minburn's building exposure, zone by zone
USFS puts 87.4% of Minburn's 238 buildings in the Indirect exposure zone, versus 12.6% Direct and 0% Minimal — a place where the fire doesn't need to reach the structure directly for embers to.
Minburn against the rest of the country
Minburn scores 22nd nationally and 35th 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, Minburn ranks 24,739 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 23,525 by building count (1 is largest). Within Iowa alone, it ranks 662 of 1,017 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Iowa on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Minburn
At the 22nd national percentile, Minburn rates moderate for wildfire risk — well short of the threshold where insurers have been withdrawing coverage, though comparing a quote costs nothing either way.
What would actually reduce this score
Minburn's 87.4% Indirect-exposure share points at embers, not flame contact, as the main pathway — ember-resistant vents and non-combustible roofing rank ahead of defensible space here. Detail in the home-hardening guide.
Where Minburn's figures come from
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 238 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Minburn. The exposure-zones guide covers what Minburn's dominant indirect exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.