West Amana, IA
How exposed is West Amana to wildfire?
West Amana sits at the 76th percentile nationally for wildfire risk to structures — well above the national norm for wildfire risk — per USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model, built from its 83 counted buildings, not vegetation cover alone. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, West Amana's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 78th percentile nationally.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
USFS puts 78.3% of West Amana's 83 buildings in the Indirect exposure zone, versus 21.7% Direct and 0% Minimal — a place where the fire doesn't need to reach the structure directly for embers to.
West Amana against the rest of the country
Within Iowa, West Amana ranks higher (98th percentile) than it does nationally (76th) — one of the more fire-exposed places in a state that, overall, scores lower than that. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, West Amana ranks 7,592 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 29,760 by building count (1 is largest). Within Iowa alone, it ranks 18 of 1,017 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Iowa on its state page.
West Amana and the insurance market
West Amana's high rating (76th 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.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
Because 78.3% of West Amana's buildings sit in the Indirect zone, sealing the ember pathway (vents, roofing, gutters) is the intervention this page's data actually supports — see the home-hardening guide.
Where West Amana's figures come from
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 83 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for West Amana. The exposure-zones guide covers what West Amana's dominant indirect exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.