Alamo, ND
How exposed is Alamo to wildfire?
Alamo's 116 buildings earn a 46th-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.)
Separately from the risk score above, Alamo's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 45th percentile nationally.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
USFS puts 68.1% of Alamo's 116 buildings in the Indirect exposure zone, versus 31.9% Direct and 0% Minimal — a place where the fire doesn't need to reach the structure directly for embers to.
Alamo against the rest of the country
Alamo scores 46th nationally and 41st within North Dakota — close enough that its state context doesn't change the picture the national number already gives. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Alamo ranks 17,058 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 28,375 by building count (1 is largest). Within North Dakota alone, it ranks 237 of 402 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for North Dakota on its state page.
Alamo and the insurance market
Alamo's elevated wildfire rating (46th percentile) isn't the kind of score driving the carrier pullback making news in the highest-risk Western markets — but a standard homeowners quote is still worth comparing on its own terms.
What would actually reduce this score
With ember exposure the dominant pattern in Alamo (68.1% Indirect), vent screens and roofing material tend to matter more than lot clearing alone. The home-hardening guide covers both.
More on how this number was built
Every one of the two percentiles behind Alamo's 17,058-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. For more on what indirect exposure implies beyond Alamo, see the exposure-zones guide.