Norway, IA
Norway wildfire risk explained
Out of every US place USFS scores, Norway lands at the 17th percentile for wildfire risk to structures — among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally — a figure built from its 384 buildings, not the land around them. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Norway at the 16th national percentile — 1 points below its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Where Norway's buildings actually sit
93.8% of Norway's 384 buildings sit in USFS's Minimal exposure zone, with only 6.3% rated Direct — risk here comes from regional burn probability more than proximity to burnable vegetation at the structure itself.
Where Norway ranks
Norway scores 17th nationally and 28th 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, Norway ranks 26,025 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 19,544 by building count (1 is largest). Within Iowa alone, it ranks 730 of 1,017 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Iowa on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Norway
At the 17th national percentile, Norway rates low for wildfire risk — well short of the threshold where insurers have been withdrawing coverage, though comparing a quote costs nothing either way.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
With 93.8% of buildings rated Minimal exposure, Norway gets less benefit from structure hardening than a Direct- or Indirect-dominant place would — the home-hardening guide explains why the zone matters.
Where Norway's figures come from
Every one of the two percentiles behind Norway's 26,025-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Norway's dominant minimal exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.