Stockton, IA
Stockton, IA's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
USFS scores Stockton at the 9th national percentile for wildfire risk to structures (among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally), a figure built from 137 real buildings rather than raw vegetation cover. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Stockton's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 9th percentile nationally.
Stockton's building exposure, zone by zone
Only 10.2% of Stockton's 137 buildings carry Direct exposure and 0% carry Indirect; the remaining 89.8% are Minimal, which shifts the risk driving this page's score toward the surrounding landscape rather than any one structure.
Stockton against the rest of the country
Stockton's risk sits at a similar level relative to Iowa (18th percentile statewide) as it does nationally (9th) — this place isn't unusual for its own state either way. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Stockton ranks 28,644 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 27,398 by building count (1 is largest). Within Iowa alone, it ranks 832 of 1,017 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Iowa on its state page.
Stockton and the insurance market
At the 9th national percentile, Stockton rates low 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
With 89.8% of buildings rated Minimal exposure, Stockton gets less benefit from structure hardening than a Direct- or Indirect-dominant place would — the home-hardening guide explains why the zone matters.
Where Stockton's figures come from
Every one of the two percentiles behind Stockton's 28,644-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Stockton's dominant minimal exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.