USDA Forest Service

Wildfire risk to communities

For every state, county, town, and tribal area: how many buildings sit where wildfire could reach them (direct, indirect, or minimal exposure), and how its wildfire likelihood and risk rank in the state and nation.

Published by USDA Forest Service Finest detail county Tables 5

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States Sample of 25 rows out of about 51 · 13 columns

id	geoid	geoidfq	stusps	name	statefp	statens	total_buildings	buildings_fraction_me	buildings_fraction_ie	buildings_fraction_de	bp_national_rank	risk_national_rank
1	01	0400000US01	AL	Alabama	01	1779775	2858222.0	0.118218949	0.206219111	0.67556194	0.56	0.5
2	02	0400000US02	AK	Alaska	02	1785533	307198.0	0.136374586	0.243761353	0.619864062	0.76	0.78
3	04	0400000US04	AZ	Arizona	04	1779777	3025278.0	0.483869912	0.26829303	0.247837058	0.82	0.86
4	05	0400000US05	AR	Arkansas	05	68085	1817115.0	0.178966108	0.207320395	0.613713496	0.5	0.46
5	06	0400000US06	CA	California	06	1779778	12687368.0	0.57208611	0.251340704	0.176573187	0.98	0.98
6	08	0400000US08	CO	Colorado	08	1779779	2427747.0	0.459390126	0.217717497	0.322892377	0.72	0.72
7	09	0400000US09	CT	Connecticut	09	1779780	1546887.0	0.315185272	0.200666241	0.484148487	0.22	0.22
8	10	0400000US10	DE	Delaware	10	1779781	413060.0	0.450370406	0.160722413	0.388907181	0.28	0.3
9	11	0400000US11	DC	Washington, DC (District of Columbia)	11	1702382	135874.0	0.953979422	0.0	0.046020578	0.08	0.06
10	12	0400000US12	FL	Florida	12	294478	7946374.0	0.476214057	0.212286635	0.311499308	0.86	0.8
11	13	0400000US13	GA	Georgia	13	1705317	4535436.0	0.164327972	0.180170991	0.655501037	0.48	0.48
12	15	0400000US15	HI	Hawaii	15	1779782	425808.0	0.148148931	0.585583174	0.266267895	0.84	0.88
13	16	0400000US16	ID	Idaho	16	1779783	996427.0	0.368512696	0.181733333	0.449753971	0.96	0.96
14	17	0400000US17	IL	Illinois	17	1779784	5674916.0	0.759664813	0.072493936	0.167841251	0.1	0.1
15	18	0400000US18	IN	Indiana	18	448508	3745916.0	0.574628475	0.060998164	0.36437336	0.02	0.02
16	19	0400000US19	IA	Iowa	19	1779785	2297525.0	0.601401943	0.079898151	0.318699905	0.3	0.28
17	20	0400000US20	KS	Kansas	20	481813	1756898.0	0.509591337	0.11328603	0.377122633	0.68	0.68
18	21	0400000US21	KY	Kentucky	21	1779786	2802785.0	0.167517309	0.167672868	0.664809823	0.6	0.52
19	22	0400000US22	LA	Louisiana	22	1629543	2490347.0	0.315392192	0.262981022	0.421626785	0.46	0.54
20	23	0400000US23	ME	Maine	23	1779787	872167.0	0.072252218	0.202028969	0.725718813	0.0	0.0
21	24	0400000US24	MD	Maryland	24	1714934	2074964.0	0.363835228	0.171896476	0.464268296	0.32	0.34
22	25	0400000US25	MA	Massachusetts	25	606926	2354942.0	0.441926808	0.234078801	0.323994391	0.16	0.16
23	26	0400000US26	MI	Michigan	26	1779789	5407474.0	0.495169279	0.115907353	0.388923368	0.24	0.24
24	27	0400000US27	MN	Minnesota	27	662849	3186753.0	0.474614757	0.104439221	0.420946022	0.34	0.32
25	28	0400000US28	MS	Mississippi	28	1779790	1784880.0	0.119144144	0.183598897	0.697256958	0.64	0.58

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