Walker, IA
Walker wildfire risk explained
Out of every US place USFS scores, Walker lands at the 10th percentile for wildfire risk to structures — among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally — a figure built from its 501 buildings, not the land around them. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Walker's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 9th percentile nationally.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
Most of Walker's buildings (85.6% of 501) fall outside USFS's Direct and Indirect zones entirely — that doesn't zero out the score above, it means the risk is regional, not structure-by-structure.
Walker against the rest of the country
Walker scores 10th nationally and 19th within Iowa — close enough that its state context doesn't change the picture the national number already gives. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Walker ranks 28,489 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 17,331 by building count (1 is largest). Within Iowa alone, it ranks 823 of 1,017 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Iowa on its state page.
Walker and the insurance market
Walker's low rating (10th percentile nationally) sits outside the range where wildfire risk alone reshapes an insurance market — still, a homeowner here loses nothing by comparing rates.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
With 85.6% of buildings rated Minimal exposure, Walker gets less benefit from structure hardening than a Direct- or Indirect-dominant place would — the home-hardening guide explains why the zone matters.
More on how this number was built
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 501 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Walker. For more on what minimal exposure implies beyond Walker, see the exposure-zones guide.