Lowest counties for wildfire risk in Iowa
Top 25 of 99 counties with data.
Ranked by wildfire risk (FEMA National Risk Index, 2024), lowest first.
| Rank | County | Value |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Polk | 47.8 |
| 2 | Scott | 48.0 |
| 3 | Black Hawk | 48.3 |
| 4 | Des Moines | 48.5 |
| 5 | Dubuque | 48.8 |
| 6 | Linn | 51.1 |
| 7 | Story | 51.1 |
| 8 | Webster | 53.2 |
| 9 | Johnson | 53.6 |
| 10 | Humboldt | 55.0 |
| 11 | Wright | 56.0 |
| 12 | Buchanan | 57.3 |
| 13 | Pottawattamie | 57.3 |
| 14 | Worth | 57.8 |
| 15 | Cerro Gordo | 59.1 |
| 16 | Pocahontas | 59.7 |
| 17 | Buena Vista | 59.8 |
| 18 | Fayette | 60.7 |
| 19 | Hancock | 60.8 |
| 20 | Franklin | 60.9 |
| 21 | Boone | 61.7 |
| 22 | Greene | 62.1 |
| 23 | Dallas | 62.1 |
| 24 | Clayton | 63.1 |
| 25 | Calhoun | 63.4 |
How this ranking works
This page ranks Iowa counties by wildfire risk, sorted so the lowest places appear first. Click any county to see its housing, schools, crime, and demographics in detail.
For wildfire risk, a lower value is generally more favorable, so the top of the list is the lowest. Want to weigh wildfire risk against schools, taxes, commute, and more at once? Use the live map to build a custom match.
Data comes from public sources. Source attribution and the exact data vintage are shown above and on the full map of wildfire risk.