Moscow, ID
Moscow, ID's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model puts Moscow at the 47th national percentile for risk to structures, modestly above the national average for wildfire risk — a score built from 7,260 actual buildings. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Moscow's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 46th percentile nationally.
Where Moscow's buildings actually sit
Most of Moscow's buildings (87.2% of 7,260) 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. At 7,260 buildings, this is a substantial built environment, so the shares below describe a real population of structures, not a handful of edge cases.
Where Moscow ranks
Inside Idaho, Moscow sits at just the 14th percentile even though it scores 47th nationally — the state's overall wildfire exposure is high enough to make this a relatively quiet corner of it. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Moscow ranks 16,852 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 2,359 by building count (1 is largest). Within Idaho alone, it ranks 199 of 232 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Idaho on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Moscow
At the 47th national percentile, Moscow 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 Moscow
With 87.2% of buildings rated Minimal exposure, Moscow gets less benefit from structure hardening than a Direct- or Indirect-dominant place would — the home-hardening guide explains why the zone matters.
More on how this number was built
Every one of the two percentiles behind Moscow's 16,852-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. For more on what minimal exposure implies beyond Moscow, see the exposure-zones guide.