Binford, ND
How exposed is Binford to wildfire?
Out of every US place USFS scores, Binford lands at the 65th percentile for wildfire risk to structures — well above the national norm for wildfire risk — a figure built from its 218 buildings, not the land around them. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Binford at the 64th national percentile — 1 points below its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Binford's building exposure, zone by zone
USFS puts 58.7% of Binford's 218 buildings in the Indirect exposure zone, versus 41.3% Direct and 0% Minimal — a place where the fire doesn't need to reach the structure directly for embers to.
Where Binford ranks
Within North Dakota, Binford ranks higher (82nd percentile) than it does nationally (65th) — one of the more fire-exposed places in a state that, overall, scores lower than that. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Binford ranks 11,032 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 24,213 by building count (1 is largest). Within North Dakota alone, it ranks 75 of 402 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for North Dakota on its state page.
Binford and the insurance market
At the 65th percentile nationally, Binford carries the high rating that has pushed some carriers to limit new business in similarly-scored places elsewhere in the country. Worth comparing quotes rather than assuming last year's renewal terms still apply.
Hardening a home in Binford
Because 58.7% of Binford'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
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 218 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Binford. For more on what indirect exposure implies beyond Binford, see the exposure-zones guide.