New Virginia, IA
How exposed is New Virginia to wildfire?
USFS scores New Virginia at the 68th national percentile for wildfire risk to structures (well above the national norm for wildfire risk), a figure built from 321 real buildings rather than raw vegetation cover. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts New Virginia at the 70th percentile, close to its 68th-percentile risk score.
Where New Virginia's buildings actually sit
64.8% of New Virginia's 321 buildings fall in USFS's Indirect exposure zone — ember cast rather than direct flame — against 35.2% Direct and 0% Minimal. Vent screens and roofing material matter more here than lot clearing alone.
How New Virginia compares
New Virginia's 92nd-percentile standing inside Iowa outpaces its 68th national percentile — this is a hotter spot than most of its own state, even though the state as a whole runs cooler nationally. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, New Virginia ranks 10,079 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 21,056 by building count (1 is largest). Within Iowa alone, it ranks 84 of 1,017 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Iowa on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in New Virginia
At the 68th percentile nationally, New Virginia carries the high rating that has pushed some carriers to limit new business in similarly-scored places elsewhere in the country. Worth comparing quotes rather than assuming last year's renewal terms still apply.
Hardening a home in New Virginia
New Virginia's 64.8% 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.
More on how this number was built
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 321 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for New Virginia. For more on what indirect exposure implies beyond New Virginia, see the exposure-zones guide.