Seymour, IA
Seymour, IA's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
USFS scores Seymour at the 54th national percentile for wildfire risk to structures (modestly above the national average for wildfire risk), a figure built from 602 real buildings rather than raw vegetation cover. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Seymour's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 55th percentile nationally.
Seymour's building exposure, zone by zone
Only 26.9% of Seymour's 602 buildings carry Direct exposure and 0% carry Indirect; the remaining 73.1% are Minimal, which shifts the risk driving this page's score toward the surrounding landscape rather than any one structure.
Where Seymour ranks
Within Iowa, Seymour ranks higher (74th percentile) than it does nationally (54th) — one of the more fire-exposed places in a state that, overall, scores lower than that. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Seymour ranks 14,368 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 15,812 by building count (1 is largest). Within Iowa alone, it ranks 262 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
At the 54th national percentile, Seymour rates elevated for wildfire risk — well short of the threshold where insurers have been withdrawing coverage, though comparing a quote costs nothing either way.
Hardening a home in Seymour
Seymour's 73.1% Minimal-exposure share means structure-level hardening matters less here than it would elsewhere — still worth the low-cost basics, per the home-hardening guide.
Where Seymour's figures come from
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 602 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Seymour. The exposure-zones guide covers what Seymour's dominant minimal exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.