Riverside, IA
Riverside wildfire risk explained
Riverside's 613 buildings earn a 56th-percentile wildfire-risk score nationally under USFS's model — modestly above the national average for wildfire risk. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Riverside's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 57th percentile nationally.
Riverside's building exposure, zone by zone
613 buildings are counted in Riverside, and 82.7% of them are Indirect exposure — ember-driven risk rather than the 17% in Direct exposure or the 0.3% rated Minimal.
Where Riverside ranks
Riverside's 76th-percentile standing inside Iowa outpaces its 56th 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, Riverside ranks 13,926 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 15,656 by building count (1 is largest). Within Iowa alone, it ranks 243 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
At the 56th national percentile, Riverside rates elevated for wildfire risk — well short of the threshold where insurers have been withdrawing coverage, though comparing a quote costs nothing either way.
What would actually reduce this score
Because 82.7% of Riverside'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 Riverside's figures come from
Riverside's 56th-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 Riverside's dominant indirect exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.