Weston, IA
Weston, IA's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model puts Weston at the 52nd national percentile for risk to structures, modestly above the national average for wildfire risk — a score built from 63 actual buildings. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Weston's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 51st percentile nationally.
Weston's building exposure, zone by zone
60.3% of Weston's 63 buildings sit in USFS's Minimal exposure zone, with only 39.7% rated Direct — risk here comes from regional burn probability more than proximity to burnable vegetation at the structure itself.
How Weston compares
Weston's 72nd-percentile standing inside Iowa outpaces its 52nd 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, Weston ranks 15,026 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 30,542 by building count (1 is largest). Within Iowa alone, it ranks 288 of 1,017 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Iowa on its state page.
Weston and the insurance market
At the 52nd national percentile, Weston rates elevated for wildfire risk — well short of the threshold where insurers have been withdrawing coverage, though comparing a quote costs nothing either way.
Hardening a home in Weston
Even with 60.3% of Weston outside USFS's Direct and Indirect zones, basic hardening — gutter maintenance, ember-resistant vents — is inexpensive relative to the regional burn-probability risk noted above. Details in the home-hardening guide.
More on how this number was built
Every one of the two percentiles behind Weston's 15,026-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. For more on what minimal exposure implies beyond Weston, see the exposure-zones guide.