Arnegard, ND
How exposed is Arnegard to wildfire?
Out of every US place USFS scores, Arnegard lands at the 45th percentile for wildfire risk to structures — modestly above the national average for wildfire risk — a figure built from its 163 buildings, not the land around them. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Arnegard's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 42nd percentile nationally.
Arnegard's building exposure, zone by zone
Most of Arnegard's buildings (66.9%) sit in the Indirect zone, where wind-blown embers rather than flame front are the mechanism USFS is scoring — ember-resistant vents and non-combustible roofing are the interventions this pattern favors, more than defensible space alone.
Arnegard against the rest of the country
There's little gap between Arnegard's 45th national percentile and its 37th percentile inside North Dakota, which means the state comparison mostly confirms what the national score already shows. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Arnegard ranks 17,494 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 26,294 by building count (1 is largest). Within North Dakota alone, it ranks 254 of 402 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for North Dakota on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Arnegard
Arnegard's elevated rating (45th percentile nationally) sits outside the range where wildfire risk alone reshapes an insurance market — still, a homeowner here loses nothing by comparing rates.
What would actually reduce this score
Because 66.9% of Arnegard's buildings sit in the Indirect zone, sealing the ember pathway (vents, roofing, gutters) is the intervention this page's data actually supports — see the home-hardening guide.
More on how this number was built
Arnegard's 45th-percentile score and its burn-probability figure both come from the same USFS workbook, documented in the methodology guide. For more on what indirect exposure implies beyond Arnegard, see the exposure-zones guide.