Persia, IA
How exposed is Persia to wildfire?
USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model puts Persia at the 40th national percentile for risk to structures, modestly above the national average for wildfire risk — a score built from 218 actual buildings. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Persia at the 38th national percentile — 2 points below its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Persia's building exposure, zone by zone
Only 8.3% of Persia's 218 buildings carry Direct exposure and 0% carry Indirect; the remaining 91.7% are Minimal, which shifts the risk driving this page's score toward the surrounding landscape rather than any one structure.
How Persia compares
Persia's 55th-percentile standing inside Iowa outpaces its 40th 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, Persia ranks 18,839 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 24,196 by building count (1 is largest). Within Iowa alone, it ranks 454 of 1,017 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Iowa on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Persia
Persia's elevated rating (40th percentile nationally) sits outside the range where wildfire risk alone reshapes an insurance market — still, a homeowner here loses nothing by comparing rates.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
With 91.7% of buildings rated Minimal exposure, Persia gets less benefit from structure hardening than a Direct- or Indirect-dominant place would — the home-hardening guide explains why the zone matters.
Where Persia's figures come from
Every one of the two percentiles behind Persia's 18,839-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Persia's dominant minimal exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.