Rockland, ID
Rockland wildfire risk explained
Out of every US place USFS scores, Rockland lands at the 97th percentile for wildfire risk to structures — in USFS's highest wildfire-risk band nationally — a figure built from its 193 buildings, not the land around them. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Rockland at the 98th percentile, close to its 97th-percentile risk score.
Where Rockland's buildings actually sit
USFS puts 68.9% of Rockland's 193 buildings in the Indirect exposure zone, versus 31.1% Direct and 0% Minimal — a place where the fire doesn't need to reach the structure directly for embers to.
Rockland against the rest of the country
Rockland's risk sits at a similar level relative to Idaho (87th percentile statewide) as it does nationally (97th) — this place isn't unusual for its own state either way. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Rockland ranks 815 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 25,115 by building count (1 is largest). Within Idaho alone, it ranks 31 of 232 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Idaho on its state page.
Rockland and the insurance market
At the 97th percentile nationally, Rockland 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.
What would actually reduce this score
Because 68.9% of Rockland'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.
More on how this number was built
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 193 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Rockland. For more on what indirect exposure implies beyond Rockland, see the exposure-zones guide.