Raymond, IA
Raymond, IA's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Raymond's 466 buildings earn a 29th-percentile wildfire-risk score nationally under USFS's model — close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Raymond's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 29th percentile nationally.
Raymond's building exposure, zone by zone
Most of Raymond's buildings (67.2% of 466) fall outside USFS's Direct and Indirect zones entirely — that doesn't zero out the score above, it means the risk is regional, not structure-by-structure.
How Raymond compares
Raymond's risk sits at a similar level relative to Iowa (44th percentile statewide) as it does nationally (29th) — this place isn't unusual for its own state either way. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Raymond ranks 22,274 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 17,957 by building count (1 is largest). Within Iowa alone, it ranks 570 of 1,017 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Iowa on its state page.
Raymond and the insurance market
Raymond's moderate rating (29th 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
With 67.2% of buildings rated Minimal exposure, Raymond gets less benefit from structure hardening than a Direct- or Indirect-dominant place would — the home-hardening guide explains why the zone matters.
Where Raymond's figures come from
Raymond's 29th-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 Raymond's dominant minimal exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.