Riverside, ID
Riverside, ID's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
USFS scores Riverside at the 69th national percentile for wildfire risk to structures (well above the national norm for wildfire risk), a figure built from 492 real buildings rather than raw vegetation cover. (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 64th percentile nationally.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
Of Riverside's 492 counted buildings, 59.4% carry Direct exposure and only 40.7% carry Minimal — a lopsided split that puts defensible-space clearing ahead of vents or roofing as the intervention worth doing first.
Riverside against the rest of the country
Riverside's 69th national percentile looks worse in isolation than its 36th 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, Riverside ranks 9,793 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 17,495 by building count (1 is largest). Within Idaho alone, it ranks 150 of 232 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Idaho on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Riverside
At the 69th percentile nationally, Riverside carries the high rating that has pushed some carriers to limit new business in similarly-scored places elsewhere in the country. Worth comparing quotes rather than assuming last year's renewal terms still apply.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
Because Direct exposure dominates in Riverside (59.4%), the highest-leverage fix is defensible space, not roofing or vents alone — covered in the home-hardening guide.
More on how this number was built
Riverside's 69th-percentile score and its burn-probability figure both come from the same USFS workbook, documented in the methodology guide. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Riverside, see the exposure-zones guide.