Quimby, IA
Quimby, IA's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
USFS scores Quimby at the 46th national percentile for wildfire risk to structures (modestly above the national average for wildfire risk), a figure built from 257 real buildings rather than raw vegetation cover. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Quimby at the 46th national percentile — 1 points below its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Where Quimby's buildings actually sit
Quimby rates 68.9% Minimal exposure against just 31.1% Direct and 0% Indirect — of 257 buildings counted, few sit close enough to burnable vegetation for USFS to flag them individually.
Where Quimby ranks
Compare Quimby's two percentiles: 63rd within Iowa, only 46th nationally — a gap of 17 points that marks it as unusually exposed for its own state. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Quimby ranks 16,923 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 22,915 by building count (1 is largest). Within Iowa alone, it ranks 376 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
Quimby's elevated rating (46th percentile nationally) sits outside the range where wildfire risk alone reshapes an insurance market — still, a homeowner here loses nothing by comparing rates.
Hardening a home in Quimby
Even with 68.9% of Quimby 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 Quimby's figures come from
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 257 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Quimby. The exposure-zones guide covers what Quimby's dominant minimal exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.