Alice, ND
Alice wildfire risk explained
Out of every US place USFS scores, Alice lands at the 57th percentile for wildfire risk to structures — modestly above the national average for wildfire risk — a figure built from its 86 buildings, not the land around them. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Alice at the 54th percentile, close to its 57th-percentile risk score.
Alice's building exposure, zone by zone
65.1% of Alice's 86 buildings sit in USFS's Direct exposure zone, roughly 56 structures close enough to burnable vegetation for flame contact, not just embers — 0% fall in the Indirect, ember-only zone and 34.9% are Minimal.
Alice against the rest of the country
Alice's risk sits at a similar level relative to North Dakota (67th percentile statewide) as it does nationally (57th) — this place isn't unusual for its own state either way. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Alice ranks 13,683 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 29,661 by building count (1 is largest). Within North Dakota alone, it ranks 133 of 402 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for North Dakota on its state page.
Alice and the insurance market
Alice's elevated rating (57th percentile nationally) sits outside the range where wildfire risk alone reshapes an insurance market — still, a homeowner here loses nothing by comparing rates.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
With 65.1% of Alice in Direct exposure, defensible-space clearing and ember-resistant construction (vents, Class-A roofing) address the exposure this page's own numbers describe, not a generic checklist. See the home-hardening guide.
More on how this number was built
Alice's 57th-percentile score and its burn-probability figure both come from the same USFS workbook, documented in the methodology guide. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Alice, see the exposure-zones guide.