Worthington, IA
How exposed is Worthington to wildfire?
USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model puts Worthington at the 21st national percentile for risk to structures, close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range — a score built from 271 actual buildings. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Worthington at the 21st percentile, close to its 21st-percentile risk score.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
Most of Worthington's buildings (75.3%) sit in the Indirect zone, where wind-blown embers rather than flame front are the mechanism USFS is scoring — ember-resistant vents and non-combustible roofing are the interventions this pattern favors, more than defensible space alone.
Where Worthington ranks
There's little gap between Worthington's 21st national percentile and its 34th percentile inside Iowa, which means the state comparison mostly confirms what the national score already shows. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Worthington ranks 24,858 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 22,469 by building count (1 is largest). Within Iowa alone, it ranks 671 of 1,017 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Iowa on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Worthington
At the 21st national percentile, Worthington rates moderate for wildfire risk — well short of the threshold where insurers have been withdrawing coverage, though comparing a quote costs nothing either way.
What would actually reduce this score
Because 75.3% of Worthington'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 Worthington's figures come from
Every one of the two percentiles behind Worthington's 24,858-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Worthington's dominant indirect exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.