Redfield, IA
How exposed is Redfield to wildfire?
USFS scores Redfield at the 58th national percentile for wildfire risk to structures (modestly above the national average for wildfire risk), a figure built from 551 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 Redfield at the 59th percentile, close to its 58th-percentile risk score.
Redfield's building exposure, zone by zone
USFS puts 73% of Redfield's 551 buildings in the Indirect exposure zone, versus 27% Direct and 0% Minimal — a place where the fire doesn't need to reach the structure directly for embers to.
Where Redfield ranks
Redfield's 80th-percentile standing inside Iowa outpaces its 58th national percentile — this is a hotter spot than most of its own state, even though the state as a whole runs cooler nationally. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Redfield ranks 13,236 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 16,556 by building count (1 is largest). Within Iowa alone, it ranks 199 of 1,017 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Iowa on its state page.
Redfield and the insurance market
Redfield's elevated rating (58th 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
Because 73% of Redfield's buildings sit in the Indirect zone, sealing the ember pathway (vents, roofing, gutters) is the intervention this page's data actually supports — see the home-hardening guide.
Where Redfield's figures come from
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 551 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Redfield. The exposure-zones guide covers what Redfield's dominant indirect exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.