Strawberry Point, IA
Strawberry Point, IA's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Out of every US place USFS scores, Strawberry Point lands at the 23rd percentile for wildfire risk to structures — close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range — a figure built from its 779 buildings, not the land around them. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Strawberry Point's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 23rd percentile nationally.
Strawberry Point's building exposure, zone by zone
Indirect exposure is dominant in Strawberry Point (72.1% of 779 buildings): far enough from burnable vegetation to avoid flame contact, close enough for wind-blown embers. Only 27.2% sit in the Direct zone.
How Strawberry Point compares
Strawberry Point's risk sits at a similar level relative to Iowa (37th percentile statewide) as it does nationally (23rd) — this place isn't unusual for its own state either way. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Strawberry Point ranks 24,262 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 13,825 by building count (1 is largest). Within Iowa alone, it ranks 647 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
Strawberry Point's moderate wildfire rating (23rd percentile) isn't the kind of score driving the carrier pullback making news in the highest-risk Western markets — but a standard homeowners quote is still worth comparing on its own terms.
Hardening a home in Strawberry Point
Because 72.1% of Strawberry Point's buildings sit in the Indirect zone, sealing the ember pathway (vents, roofing, gutters) is the intervention this page's data actually supports — see the home-hardening guide.
More on how this number was built
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 779 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Strawberry Point. For more on what indirect exposure implies beyond Strawberry Point, see the exposure-zones guide.