Wyoming, IA
Wyoming, IA's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Wyoming's 455 buildings earn a 41st-percentile wildfire-risk score nationally under USFS's model — modestly above the national average for wildfire risk. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Wyoming at the 42nd percentile, close to its 41st-percentile risk score.
Wyoming's building exposure, zone by zone
Most of Wyoming's buildings (76%) 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.
How Wyoming compares
Compare Wyoming's two percentiles: 57th within Iowa, only 41st nationally — a gap of 16 points that marks it as unusually exposed for its own state. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Wyoming ranks 18,588 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 18,173 by building count (1 is largest). Within Iowa alone, it ranks 444 of 1,017 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Iowa on its state page.
Wyoming and the insurance market
At the 41st national percentile, Wyoming 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 Wyoming
With ember exposure the dominant pattern in Wyoming (76% Indirect), vent screens and roofing material tend to matter more than lot clearing alone. The home-hardening guide covers both.
Where Wyoming's figures come from
Every one of the two percentiles behind Wyoming's 18,588-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Wyoming's dominant indirect exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.