Solon, IA
How exposed is Solon to wildfire?
Solon sits at the 49th percentile nationally for wildfire risk to structures — modestly above the national average for wildfire risk — per USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model, built from its 1,149 counted buildings, not vegetation cover alone. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Solon at the 50th percentile, close to its 49th-percentile risk score.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
Most of Solon's buildings (81.7% of 1,149) 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.
Solon against the rest of the country
Within Iowa, Solon ranks higher (67th percentile) than it does nationally (49th) — one of the more fire-exposed places in a state that, overall, scores lower than that. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Solon ranks 16,226 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 10,962 by building count (1 is largest). Within Iowa alone, it ranks 333 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 49th national percentile, Solon 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
Solon's 81.7% 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.
More on how this number was built
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 1,149 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Solon. For more on what minimal exposure implies beyond Solon, see the exposure-zones guide.