Swedesburg, IA
Swedesburg wildfire risk explained
Swedesburg sits at the 8th percentile nationally for wildfire risk to structures — among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally — per USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model, built from its 146 counted buildings, not vegetation cover alone. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Swedesburg at the 8th percentile, close to its 8th-percentile risk score.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
Swedesburg rates 76% Minimal exposure against just 24% Direct and 0% Indirect — of 146 buildings counted, few sit close enough to burnable vegetation for USFS to flag them individually.
Where Swedesburg ranks
Swedesburg's risk sits at a similar level relative to Iowa (16th percentile statewide) as it does nationally (8th) — this place isn't unusual for its own state either way. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Swedesburg ranks 29,086 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 27,018 by building count (1 is largest). Within Iowa alone, it ranks 857 of 1,017 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Iowa on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Swedesburg
Swedesburg's low wildfire rating (8th 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.
What would actually reduce this score
Even with 76% of Swedesburg outside USFS's Direct and Indirect zones, basic hardening — gutter maintenance, ember-resistant vents — is inexpensive relative to the regional burn-probability risk noted above. Details in the home-hardening guide.
Where Swedesburg's figures come from
Every one of the two percentiles behind Swedesburg's 29,086-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Swedesburg's dominant minimal exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.