Sandyville, IA
Sandyville, IA's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
USFS scores Sandyville at the 56th national percentile for wildfire risk to structures (modestly above the national average for wildfire risk), a figure built from 44 real buildings rather than raw vegetation cover. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Sandyville at the 57th national percentile — 2 points above its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Sandyville's building exposure, zone by zone
44 buildings are counted in Sandyville, and 75% of them are Indirect exposure — ember-driven risk rather than the 25% in Direct exposure or the 0% rated Minimal.
Where Sandyville ranks
Within Iowa, Sandyville ranks higher (76th percentile) than it does nationally (56th) — one of the more fire-exposed places in a state that, overall, scores lower than that. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Sandyville ranks 13,927 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 31,072 by building count (1 is largest). Within Iowa alone, it ranks 244 of 1,017 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Iowa on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Sandyville
At the 56th national percentile, Sandyville rates elevated for wildfire risk — well short of the threshold where insurers have been withdrawing coverage, though comparing a quote costs nothing either way.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
Because 75% of Sandyville'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.
Where Sandyville's figures come from
Sandyville's 56th-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 Sandyville's dominant indirect exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.