Pleasantville, IA
How exposed is Pleasantville to wildfire?
Out of every US place USFS scores, Pleasantville lands at the 49th percentile for wildfire risk to structures — modestly above the national average for wildfire risk — a figure built from its 899 buildings, not the land around them. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Pleasantville at the 51st national percentile — 1 points above its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
81.3% of Pleasantville's 899 buildings sit in USFS's Minimal exposure zone, with only 18.7% rated Direct — risk here comes from regional burn probability more than proximity to burnable vegetation at the structure itself.
How Pleasantville compares
Compare Pleasantville's two percentiles: 68th within Iowa, only 49th nationally — a gap of 19 points that marks it as unusually exposed for its own state. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Pleasantville ranks 15,940 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 12,729 by building count (1 is largest). Within Iowa alone, it ranks 326 of 1,017 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Iowa on its state page.
Pleasantville and the insurance market
At the 49th national percentile, Pleasantville rates elevated for wildfire risk — well short of the threshold where insurers have been withdrawing coverage, though comparing a quote costs nothing either way.
Hardening a home in Pleasantville
Pleasantville's 81.3% Minimal-exposure share means structure-level hardening matters less here than it would elsewhere — still worth the low-cost basics, per the home-hardening guide.
Where Pleasantville's figures come from
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 899 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Pleasantville. The exposure-zones guide covers what Pleasantville's dominant minimal exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.