St. Anthony, IA
How exposed is St. Anthony to wildfire?
Out of every US place USFS scores, St. Anthony lands at the 25th percentile for wildfire risk to structures — close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range — a figure built from its 100 buildings, not the land around them. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts St. Anthony at the 24th percentile, close to its 25th-percentile risk score.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
Most of St. Anthony's buildings (59% of 100) 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.
How St. Anthony compares
St. Anthony scores 25th nationally and 38th 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, St. Anthony ranks 23,758 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 29,024 by building count (1 is largest). Within Iowa alone, it ranks 632 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 25th national percentile, St. Anthony rates moderate for wildfire risk — well short of the threshold where insurers have been withdrawing coverage, though comparing a quote costs nothing either way.
What would actually reduce this score
With 59% of buildings rated Minimal exposure, St. Anthony 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
St. Anthony's 25th-percentile score and its burn-probability figure both come from the same USFS workbook, documented in the methodology guide. For more on what minimal exposure implies beyond St. Anthony, see the exposure-zones guide.