Windsor Heights, IA
Windsor Heights wildfire risk explained
USFS scores Windsor Heights at the 41st national percentile for wildfire risk to structures (modestly above the national average for wildfire risk), a figure built from 2,363 real buildings rather than raw vegetation cover. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Windsor Heights's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 44th percentile nationally.
Where Windsor Heights's buildings actually sit
90.1% of Windsor Heights's 2,363 buildings sit in USFS's Minimal exposure zone, with only 9.9% rated Direct — risk here comes from regional burn probability more than proximity to burnable vegetation at the structure itself.
How Windsor Heights compares
Windsor Heights's 56th-percentile standing inside Iowa outpaces its 41st 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, Windsor Heights ranks 18,716 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 6,582 by building count (1 is largest). Within Iowa alone, it ranks 449 of 1,017 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Iowa on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Windsor Heights
Windsor Heights's elevated rating (41st percentile nationally) sits outside the range where wildfire risk alone reshapes an insurance market — still, a homeowner here loses nothing by comparing rates.
Hardening a home in Windsor Heights
Windsor Heights's 90.1% Minimal-exposure share means structure-level hardening matters less here than it would elsewhere — still worth the low-cost basics, per the home-hardening guide.
Where Windsor Heights's figures come from
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 2,363 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Windsor Heights. The exposure-zones guide covers what Windsor Heights's dominant minimal exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.