Prescott, IA
Prescott, IA's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
USFS scores Prescott at the 59th national percentile for wildfire risk to structures (modestly above the national average for wildfire risk), a figure built from 275 real buildings rather than raw vegetation cover. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Prescott at the 60th percentile, close to its 59th-percentile risk score.
Prescott's building exposure, zone by zone
USFS classifies 69.5% of Prescott's buildings as Minimal exposure, the largest of the three zones here by a wide margin over 30.6% Direct and 0% Indirect — a landscape-level risk rather than a building-by-building one.
How Prescott compares
Compare Prescott's two percentiles: 82nd within Iowa, only 59th nationally — a gap of 23 points that marks it as unusually exposed for its own state. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Prescott ranks 12,883 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 22,354 by building count (1 is largest). Within Iowa alone, it ranks 183 of 1,017 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Iowa on its state page.
What this risk score means for insurance
At the 59th national percentile, Prescott 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 Prescott
With 69.5% of buildings rated Minimal exposure, Prescott gets less benefit from structure hardening than a Direct- or Indirect-dominant place would — the home-hardening guide explains why the zone matters.
Where Prescott's figures come from
Prescott's 59th-percentile score and its burn-probability figure both come from the same USFS workbook, documented in the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Prescott's dominant minimal exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.