Scranton, IA
Scranton, IA's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
USFS scores Scranton at the 5th national percentile for wildfire risk to structures (among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally), a figure built from 434 real buildings rather than raw vegetation cover. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Scranton at the 5th percentile, close to its 5th-percentile risk score.
Where Scranton's buildings actually sit
Most of Scranton's buildings (85.7% of 434) fall outside USFS's Direct and Indirect zones entirely — that doesn't zero out the score above, it means the risk is regional, not structure-by-structure.
Where Scranton ranks
Scranton scores 5th nationally and 11th within Iowa — close enough that its state context doesn't change the picture the national number already gives. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Scranton ranks 29,979 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 18,561 by building count (1 is largest). Within Iowa alone, it ranks 908 of 1,017 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Iowa on its state page.
What this risk score means for insurance
Scranton's low wildfire rating (5th percentile) isn't the kind of score driving the carrier pullback making news in the highest-risk Western markets — but a standard homeowners quote is still worth comparing on its own terms.
What would actually reduce this score
With 85.7% of buildings rated Minimal exposure, Scranton gets less benefit from structure hardening than a Direct- or Indirect-dominant place would — the home-hardening guide explains why the zone matters.
More on how this number was built
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 434 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Scranton. For more on what minimal exposure implies beyond Scranton, see the exposure-zones guide.