Trenton, IA
Trenton, IA's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Out of every US place USFS scores, Trenton lands at the 58th percentile for wildfire risk to structures — modestly above the national average for wildfire risk — a figure built from its 92 buildings, not the land around them. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Trenton's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 60th percentile nationally.
Trenton's building exposure, zone by zone
USFS puts 81.5% of Trenton's 92 buildings in the Indirect exposure zone, versus 17.4% Direct and 1.1% Minimal — a place where the fire doesn't need to reach the structure directly for embers to.
Trenton against the rest of the country
Trenton's 80th-percentile standing inside Iowa outpaces its 58th national percentile — this is a hotter spot than most of its own state, even though the state as a whole runs cooler nationally. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Trenton ranks 13,299 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 29,395 by building count (1 is largest). Within Iowa alone, it ranks 205 of 1,017 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Iowa on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Trenton
Trenton's elevated rating (58th percentile nationally) sits outside the range where wildfire risk alone reshapes an insurance market — still, a homeowner here loses nothing by comparing rates.
Hardening a home in Trenton
Trenton's 81.5% Indirect-exposure share points at embers, not flame contact, as the main pathway — ember-resistant vents and non-combustible roofing rank ahead of defensible space here. Detail in the home-hardening guide.
More on how this number was built
Trenton's 58th-percentile score and its burn-probability figure both come from the same USFS workbook, documented in the methodology guide. For more on what indirect exposure implies beyond Trenton, see the exposure-zones guide.