Vining, IA
Vining wildfire risk explained
Out of every US place USFS scores, Vining lands at the 80th percentile for wildfire risk to structures — well above the national norm for wildfire risk — a figure built from its 71 buildings, not the land around them. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Vining's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 82nd percentile nationally.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
71 buildings are counted in Vining, and 76.1% of them are Indirect exposure — ember-driven risk rather than the 23.9% in Direct exposure or the 0% rated Minimal.
Where Vining ranks
Within Iowa, Vining ranks higher (99th percentile) than it does nationally (80th) — one of the more fire-exposed places in a state that, overall, scores lower than that. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Vining ranks 6,426 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 30,240 by building count (1 is largest). Within Iowa alone, it ranks 11 of 1,017 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Iowa on its state page.
Vining and the insurance market
Vining's high rating (80th percentile) puts it among the places where the national carrier-pullback trend is most relevant — not a guarantee of a coverage problem, but a reason to shop rather than assume.
What would actually reduce this score
Vining's 76.1% 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
Vining's 80th-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 Vining, see the exposure-zones guide.