Rockford, ID
Rockford wildfire risk explained
Rockford's 178 buildings earn a 13th-percentile wildfire-risk score nationally under USFS's model — among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Rockford at the 12th percentile, close to its 13th-percentile risk score.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
56.7% of Rockford's 178 buildings sit in USFS's Minimal exposure zone, with only 43.3% rated Direct — risk here comes from regional burn probability more than proximity to burnable vegetation at the structure itself.
Rockford against the rest of the country
Rockford scores 13th nationally and 2nd within Idaho — close enough that its state context doesn't change the picture the national number already gives. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Rockford ranks 27,408 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 25,705 by building count (1 is largest). Within Idaho alone, it ranks 228 of 232 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Idaho on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Rockford
At the 13th national percentile, Rockford rates low 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
Even with 56.7% of Rockford outside USFS's Direct and Indirect zones, basic hardening — gutter maintenance, ember-resistant vents — is inexpensive relative to the regional burn-probability risk noted above. Details in the home-hardening guide.
Where Rockford's figures come from
Every one of the two percentiles behind Rockford's 27,408-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Rockford's dominant minimal exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.