Woden, IA
How exposed is Woden to wildfire?
USFS scores Woden at the 5th national percentile for wildfire risk to structures (among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally), a figure built from 206 real buildings rather than raw vegetation cover. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Woden's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 4th percentile nationally.
Woden's building exposure, zone by zone
Only 12.6% of Woden's 206 buildings carry Direct exposure and 0% carry Indirect; the remaining 87.4% are Minimal, which shifts the risk driving this page's score toward the surrounding landscape rather than any one structure.
Woden against the rest of the country
Woden's risk sits at a similar level relative to Iowa (10th percentile statewide) as it does nationally (5th) — this place isn't unusual for its own state either way. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Woden ranks 30,107 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 24,637 by building count (1 is largest). Within Iowa alone, it ranks 918 of 1,017 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Iowa on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Woden
Woden's low rating (5th percentile nationally) sits outside the range where wildfire risk alone reshapes an insurance market — still, a homeowner here loses nothing by comparing rates.
What would actually reduce this score
With 87.4% of buildings rated Minimal exposure, Woden gets less benefit from structure hardening than a Direct- or Indirect-dominant place would — the home-hardening guide explains why the zone matters.
Where Woden's figures come from
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 206 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Woden. The exposure-zones guide covers what Woden's dominant minimal exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.