Parker, ID
How exposed is Parker to wildfire?
Out of every US place USFS scores, Parker lands at the 51st percentile for wildfire risk to structures — modestly above the national average for wildfire risk — a figure built from its 264 buildings, not the land around them. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Parker at the 47th percentile, close to its 51st-percentile risk score.
Where Parker's buildings actually sit
Most of Parker's buildings (78% of 264) 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.
Where Parker ranks
Parker's 51st national percentile looks worse in isolation than its 19th ranking inside Idaho does — this place is on the milder end for its own state, by 32 points. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Parker ranks 15,438 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 22,695 by building count (1 is largest). Within Idaho alone, it ranks 189 of 232 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Idaho on its state page.
What this risk score means for insurance
At the 51st national percentile, Parker rates elevated 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 78% of buildings rated Minimal exposure, Parker 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
Parker's 51st-percentile score and its burn-probability figure both come from the same USFS workbook, documented in the methodology guide. For more on what minimal exposure implies beyond Parker, see the exposure-zones guide.