Robie Creek, ID
How exposed is Robie Creek to wildfire?
USFS scores Robie Creek at the 99th national percentile for wildfire risk to structures (in USFS's highest wildfire-risk band nationally), a figure built from 1,038 real buildings rather than raw vegetation cover. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Robie Creek's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 99th percentile nationally.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
Of Robie Creek's 1,038 counted buildings, 99.6% carry Direct exposure and only 0% carry Minimal — a lopsided split that puts defensible-space clearing ahead of vents or roofing as the intervention worth doing first.
Robie Creek against the rest of the country
There's little gap between Robie Creek's 99th national percentile and its 99th percentile inside Idaho, which means the state comparison mostly confirms what the national score already shows. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Robie Creek ranks 290 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 11,669 by building count (1 is largest). Within Idaho alone, it ranks 6 of 232 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Idaho on its state page.
Robie Creek and the insurance market
At the 99th percentile nationally, Robie Creek carries the very 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.
Hardening a home in Robie Creek
With 99.6% of Robie Creek in Direct exposure, defensible-space clearing and ember-resistant construction (vents, Class-A roofing) address the exposure this page's own numbers describe, not a generic checklist. See the home-hardening guide.
Where Robie Creek's figures come from
Robie Creek's 99th-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 Robie Creek's dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.