Plainfield, IA
Plainfield, IA's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
USFS scores Plainfield at the 44th national percentile for wildfire risk to structures (modestly above the national average for wildfire risk), a figure built from 325 real buildings rather than raw vegetation cover. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Plainfield's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 45th percentile nationally.
Plainfield's building exposure, zone by zone
Indirect exposure is dominant in Plainfield (94.8% of 325 buildings): far enough from burnable vegetation to avoid flame contact, close enough for wind-blown embers. Only 5.2% sit in the Direct zone.
Where Plainfield ranks
Within Iowa, Plainfield ranks higher (61st percentile) than it does nationally (44th) — one of the more fire-exposed places in a state that, overall, scores lower than that. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Plainfield ranks 17,608 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 20,956 by building count (1 is largest). Within Iowa alone, it ranks 400 of 1,017 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Iowa on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Plainfield
Plainfield's elevated rating (44th 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
Because 94.8% of Plainfield'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
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 325 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Plainfield. For more on what indirect exposure implies beyond Plainfield, see the exposure-zones guide.