Sexton, IA
How exposed is Sexton to wildfire?
USFS scores Sexton at the 1st national percentile for wildfire risk to structures (among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally), a figure built from 75 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 Sexton at the 1st percentile, close to its 1st-percentile risk score.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
73.3% of Sexton's 75 buildings sit in USFS's Minimal exposure zone, with only 26.7% rated Direct — risk here comes from regional burn probability more than proximity to burnable vegetation at the structure itself.
Where Sexton ranks
Sexton scores 1st nationally and 0th 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, Sexton ranks 31,338 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 30,086 by building count (1 is largest). Within Iowa alone, it ranks 1,014 of 1,017 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Iowa on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Sexton
Sexton's low rating (1st percentile nationally) sits outside the range where wildfire risk alone reshapes an insurance market — still, a homeowner here loses nothing by comparing rates.
Hardening a home in Sexton
With 73.3% of buildings rated Minimal exposure, Sexton gets less benefit from structure hardening than a Direct- or Indirect-dominant place would — the home-hardening guide explains why the zone matters.
Where Sexton's figures come from
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 75 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Sexton. The exposure-zones guide covers what Sexton's dominant minimal exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.