Wildfire risk in Iowa
Iowa: 99 counties covered
Across 99 Iowa counties, the average wildfire-risk percentile is 29 — but that average hides real spread between counties, which is why each community in this dataset gets its own page rather than one statewide number.
- Monona County, IA — 69th percentile, High
- Woodbury County, IA — 65th percentile, High
- Monroe County, IA — 62nd percentile, High
- Appanoose County, IA — 61st percentile, High
- Davis County, IA — 60th percentile, Elevated
- Decatur County, IA — 60th percentile, Elevated
- Lucas County, IA — 59th percentile, Elevated
- Clarke County, IA — 57th percentile, Elevated
- Ringgold County, IA — 56th percentile, Elevated
- Wayne County, IA — 54th percentile, Elevated
- Plymouth County, IA — 54th percentile, Elevated
- Wapello County, IA — 53rd percentile, Elevated
- Van Buren County, IA — 53rd percentile, Elevated
- Harrison County, IA — 52nd percentile, Elevated
- Union County, IA — 48th percentile, Elevated
- Warren County, IA — 48th percentile, Elevated
- Madison County, IA — 47th percentile, Elevated
- Tama County, IA — 47th percentile, Elevated
- Iowa County, IA — 46th percentile, Elevated
- Fremont County, IA — 45th percentile, Elevated
- Taylor County, IA — 44th percentile, Elevated
- Marion County, IA — 44th percentile, Elevated
- Jefferson County, IA — 43rd percentile, Elevated
- Adams County, IA — 43rd percentile, Elevated
- Guthrie County, IA — 42nd percentile, Elevated
- Henry County, IA — 41st percentile, Elevated
- Lee County, IA — 40th percentile, Elevated
- Des Moines County, IA — 40th percentile, Moderate
- Mills County, IA — 40th percentile, Moderate
- Keokuk County, IA — 39th percentile, Moderate
- Johnson County, IA — 38th percentile, Moderate
- Adair County, IA — 38th percentile, Moderate
- Mahaska County, IA — 38th percentile, Moderate
- Poweshiek County, IA — 38th percentile, Moderate
- Louisa County, IA — 38th percentile, Moderate
- Washington County, IA — 37th percentile, Moderate
- Pottawattamie County, IA — 37th percentile, Moderate
- Cass County, IA — 37th percentile, Moderate
- Montgomery County, IA — 36th percentile, Moderate
- Muscatine County, IA — 36th percentile, Moderate
- Marshall County, IA — 35th percentile, Moderate
- Page County, IA — 35th percentile, Moderate
- Jackson County, IA — 34th percentile, Moderate
- Jasper County, IA — 33rd percentile, Moderate
- Audubon County, IA — 33rd percentile, Moderate
- Dickinson County, IA — 32nd percentile, Moderate
- Scott County, IA — 31st percentile, Moderate
- Benton County, IA — 31st percentile, Moderate
- Crawford County, IA — 30th percentile, Moderate
- Clinton County, IA — 29th percentile, Moderate
- Dallas County, IA — 28th percentile, Moderate
- Jones County, IA — 28th percentile, Moderate
- Polk County, IA — 28th percentile, Moderate
- Clay County, IA — 27th percentile, Moderate
- Lyon County, IA — 27th percentile, Moderate
- Cedar County, IA — 27th percentile, Moderate
- Allamakee County, IA — 25th percentile, Moderate
- Linn County, IA — 24th percentile, Moderate
- Emmet County, IA — 23rd percentile, Moderate
- Shelby County, IA — 23rd percentile, Moderate
- Ida County, IA — 21st percentile, Moderate
- Sioux County, IA — 21st percentile, Moderate
- Hardin County, IA — 20th percentile, Low
- Palo Alto County, IA — 19th percentile, Low
- Cherokee County, IA — 19th percentile, Low
- Winneshiek County, IA — 19th percentile, Low
- Clayton County, IA — 19th percentile, Low
- Dubuque County, IA — 18th percentile, Low
- Bremer County, IA — 17th percentile, Low
- Butler County, IA — 17th percentile, Low
- Black Hawk County, IA — 17th percentile, Low
- Fayette County, IA — 16th percentile, Low
- Carroll County, IA — 16th percentile, Low
- Story County, IA — 15th percentile, Low
- O'Brien County, IA — 14th percentile, Low
- Chickasaw County, IA — 14th percentile, Low
- Boone County, IA — 13th percentile, Low
- Floyd County, IA — 13th percentile, Low
- Buena Vista County, IA — 12th percentile, Low
- Osceola County, IA — 11th percentile, Low
- Worth County, IA — 10th percentile, Low
- Greene County, IA — 10th percentile, Low
- Howard County, IA — 9th percentile, Low
- Webster County, IA — 9th percentile, Low
- Grundy County, IA — 9th percentile, Low
- Buchanan County, IA — 8th percentile, Low
- Delaware County, IA — 8th percentile, Low
- Winnebago County, IA — 8th percentile, Low
- Cerro Gordo County, IA — 7th percentile, Low
- Sac County, IA — 7th percentile, Low
- Mitchell County, IA — 6th percentile, Low
- Hamilton County, IA — 6th percentile, Low
- Franklin County, IA — 5th percentile, Low
- Kossuth County, IA — 4th percentile, Low
- Hancock County, IA — 4th percentile, Low
- Wright County, IA — 3rd percentile, Low
- Humboldt County, IA — 3rd percentile, Low
- Calhoun County, IA — 3rd percentile, Low
- Pocahontas County, IA — 3rd percentile, Low
The 10 highest-risk places in Iowa on this site
Of the 1,017 Iowa communities WildfireRiskFinder covers, these rank highest for wildfire risk nationally:
- Sioux City, IA — 88th percentile, Very High
- Smithland, IA — 87th percentile, Very High
- Castana, IA — 84th percentile, Very High
- Chelsea, IA — 84th percentile, Very High
- Rodney, IA — 84th percentile, Very High
- Oto, IA — 83rd percentile, Very High
- Westfield, IA — 83rd percentile, Very High
- Sergeant Bluff, IA — 82nd percentile, Very High
- Pisgah, IA — 82nd percentile, Very High
- Hinton, IA — 82nd percentile, Very High