Valeria, IA
Valeria, IA's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Valeria's 48 buildings earn a 47th-percentile wildfire-risk score nationally under USFS's model — modestly above the national average for wildfire risk. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Valeria's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 47th percentile nationally.
Valeria's building exposure, zone by zone
USFS puts 58.3% of Valeria's 48 buildings in the Indirect exposure zone, versus 41.7% Direct and 0% Minimal — a place where the fire doesn't need to reach the structure directly for embers to.
Valeria against the rest of the country
Within Iowa, Valeria ranks higher (65th percentile) than it does nationally (47th) — one of the more fire-exposed places in a state that, overall, scores lower than that. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Valeria ranks 16,572 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 30,974 by building count (1 is largest). Within Iowa alone, it ranks 356 of 1,017 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Iowa on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Valeria
Valeria's elevated rating (47th percentile nationally) sits outside the range where wildfire risk alone reshapes an insurance market — still, a homeowner here loses nothing by comparing rates.
What would actually reduce this score
With ember exposure the dominant pattern in Valeria (58.3% Indirect), vent screens and roofing material tend to matter more than lot clearing alone. The home-hardening guide covers both.
Where Valeria's figures come from
Valeria's 47th-percentile score and its burn-probability figure both come from the same USFS workbook, documented in the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Valeria's dominant indirect exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.