Alexandria, MN
How exposed is Alexandria to wildfire?
USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model puts Alexandria at the 46th national percentile for risk to structures, modestly above the national average for wildfire risk — a score built from 6,474 actual buildings. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Alexandria's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 45th percentile nationally.
Alexandria's building exposure, zone by zone
72.6% of Alexandria's 6,474 buildings sit in USFS's Minimal exposure zone, with only 27.4% rated Direct — risk here comes from regional burn probability more than proximity to burnable vegetation at the structure itself. At 6,474 buildings, this is a substantial built environment, so the shares below describe a real population of structures, not a handful of edge cases.
Alexandria against the rest of the country
Within Minnesota, Alexandria ranks higher (68th percentile) than it does nationally (46th) — one of the more fire-exposed places in a state that, overall, scores lower than that. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Alexandria ranks 17,016 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 2,682 by building count (1 is largest). Within Minnesota alone, it ranks 296 of 914 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Minnesota on its state page.
Alexandria and the insurance market
At the 46th national percentile, Alexandria rates elevated 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
Even with 72.6% of Alexandria outside USFS's Direct and Indirect zones, basic hardening — gutter maintenance, ember-resistant vents — is inexpensive relative to the regional burn-probability risk noted above. Details in the home-hardening guide.
More on how this number was built
Every one of the two percentiles behind Alexandria's 17,016-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. For more on what minimal exposure implies beyond Alexandria, see the exposure-zones guide.