Barrett, MN
Barrett, MN's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Barrett's 241 buildings earn a 34th-percentile wildfire-risk score nationally under USFS's model — close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Barrett's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 32nd percentile nationally.
Where Barrett's buildings actually sit
Most of Barrett's buildings (66% of 241) fall outside USFS's Direct and Indirect zones entirely — that doesn't zero out the score above, it means the risk is regional, not structure-by-structure.
Where Barrett ranks
Barrett scores 34th nationally and 44th within Minnesota — close enough that its state context doesn't change the picture the national number already gives. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Barrett ranks 20,674 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 23,432 by building count (1 is largest). Within Minnesota alone, it ranks 515 of 914 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Minnesota on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Barrett
Barrett's moderate wildfire rating (34th 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.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
With 66% of buildings rated Minimal exposure, Barrett gets less benefit from structure hardening than a Direct- or Indirect-dominant place would — the home-hardening guide explains why the zone matters.
More on how this number was built
Every one of the two percentiles behind Barrett's 20,674-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. For more on what minimal exposure implies beyond Barrett, see the exposure-zones guide.