Sully, IA
How exposed is Sully to wildfire?
USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model puts Sully at the 31st national percentile for risk to structures, close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range — a score built from 548 actual buildings. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Sully at the 31st national percentile — 0 points above its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Where Sully's buildings actually sit
90.2% of Sully's 548 buildings sit in USFS's Minimal exposure zone, with only 9.9% rated Direct — risk here comes from regional burn probability more than proximity to burnable vegetation at the structure itself.
Where Sully ranks
Sully's risk sits at a similar level relative to Iowa (46th percentile statewide) as it does nationally (31st) — this place isn't unusual for its own state either way. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Sully ranks 21,832 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 16,601 by building count (1 is largest). Within Iowa alone, it ranks 555 of 1,017 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Iowa on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Sully
At the 31st national percentile, Sully rates moderate for wildfire risk — well short of the threshold where insurers have been withdrawing coverage, though comparing a quote costs nothing either way.
Hardening a home in Sully
With 90.2% of buildings rated Minimal exposure, Sully gets less benefit from structure hardening than a Direct- or Indirect-dominant place would — the home-hardening guide explains why the zone matters.
Where Sully's figures come from
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 548 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Sully. The exposure-zones guide covers what Sully's dominant minimal exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.