Rathdrum, ID
Rathdrum, ID's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Out of every US place USFS scores, Rathdrum lands at the 51st percentile for wildfire risk to structures — modestly above the national average for wildfire risk — a figure built from its 3,298 buildings, not the land around them. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Rathdrum at the 48th percentile, close to its 51st-percentile risk score.
Rathdrum's building exposure, zone by zone
Indirect exposure is dominant in Rathdrum (65.3% of 3,298 buildings): far enough from burnable vegetation to avoid flame contact, close enough for wind-blown embers. Only 14.8% sit in the Direct zone.
How Rathdrum compares
Rathdrum's 51st national percentile looks worse in isolation than its 18th ranking inside Idaho does — this place is on the milder end for its own state, by 33 points. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Rathdrum ranks 15,464 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 5,048 by building count (1 is largest). Within Idaho alone, it ranks 190 of 232 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Idaho on its state page.
Rathdrum and the insurance market
Rathdrum's elevated rating (51st percentile nationally) sits outside the range where wildfire risk alone reshapes an insurance market — still, a homeowner here loses nothing by comparing rates.
What would actually reduce this score
Rathdrum's 65.3% Indirect-exposure share points at embers, not flame contact, as the main pathway — ember-resistant vents and non-combustible roofing rank ahead of defensible space here. Detail in the home-hardening guide.
More on how this number was built
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 3,298 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Rathdrum. For more on what indirect exposure implies beyond Rathdrum, see the exposure-zones guide.