Quasqueton, IA
Quasqueton, IA's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Quasqueton sits at the 18th percentile nationally for wildfire risk to structures — among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally — per USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model, built from its 471 counted buildings, not vegetation cover alone. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Quasqueton at the 17th percentile, close to its 18th-percentile risk score.
Quasqueton's building exposure, zone by zone
Only 20.4% of Quasqueton's 471 buildings carry Direct exposure and 0% carry Indirect; the remaining 79.6% are Minimal, which shifts the risk driving this page's score toward the surrounding landscape rather than any one structure.
Where Quasqueton ranks
Quasqueton scores 18th nationally and 29th within Iowa — close enough that its state context doesn't change the picture the national number already gives. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Quasqueton ranks 25,939 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 17,854 by building count (1 is largest). Within Iowa alone, it ranks 726 of 1,017 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Iowa on its state page.
Quasqueton and the insurance market
Quasqueton's low wildfire rating (18th percentile) isn't the kind of score driving the carrier pullback making news in the highest-risk Western markets — but a standard homeowners quote is still worth comparing on its own terms.
Hardening a home in Quasqueton
Even with 79.6% of Quasqueton outside USFS's Direct and Indirect zones, basic hardening — gutter maintenance, ember-resistant vents — is inexpensive relative to the regional burn-probability risk noted above. Details in the home-hardening guide.
Where Quasqueton's figures come from
Quasqueton's 18th-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 Quasqueton's dominant minimal exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.