Rome, IA
How exposed is Rome to wildfire?
Rome sits at the 62nd percentile nationally for wildfire risk to structures — well above the national norm for wildfire risk — per USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model, built from its 93 counted buildings, not vegetation cover alone. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Rome's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 64th percentile nationally.
Rome's building exposure, zone by zone
Only 18.3% of Rome's 93 buildings carry Direct exposure and 28% carry Indirect; the remaining 53.8% are Minimal, which shifts the risk driving this page's score toward the surrounding landscape rather than any one structure.
How Rome compares
Rome's 85th-percentile standing inside Iowa outpaces its 62nd 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, Rome ranks 12,038 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 29,351 by building count (1 is largest). Within Iowa alone, it ranks 150 of 1,017 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Iowa on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Rome
Rome's high rating (62nd percentile) puts it among the places where the national carrier-pullback trend is most relevant — not a guarantee of a coverage problem, but a reason to shop rather than assume.
What would actually reduce this score
Even with 53.8% of Rome 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.
More on how this number was built
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 93 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Rome. For more on what minimal exposure implies beyond Rome, see the exposure-zones guide.