Panora, IA
Panora, IA's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Out of every US place USFS scores, Panora lands at the 62nd percentile for wildfire risk to structures — well above the national norm for wildfire risk — a figure built from its 738 buildings, not the land around them. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Panora's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 63rd percentile nationally.
Where Panora's buildings actually sit
USFS puts 77.2% of Panora's 738 buildings in the Indirect exposure zone, versus 20.7% Direct and 2% Minimal — a place where the fire doesn't need to reach the structure directly for embers to.
Where Panora ranks
Compare Panora's two percentiles: 85th within Iowa, only 62nd nationally — a gap of 23 points that marks it as unusually exposed for its own state. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Panora ranks 12,097 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 14,236 by building count (1 is largest). Within Iowa alone, it ranks 153 of 1,017 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Iowa on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Panora
At the 62nd percentile nationally, Panora 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.
What would actually reduce this score
Because 77.2% of Panora's buildings sit in the Indirect zone, sealing the ember pathway (vents, roofing, gutters) is the intervention this page's data actually supports — see the home-hardening guide.
More on how this number was built
Panora's 62nd-percentile score and its burn-probability figure both come from the same USFS workbook, documented in the methodology guide. For more on what indirect exposure implies beyond Panora, see the exposure-zones guide.