Borup, MN
How exposed is Borup to wildfire?
Out of every US place USFS scores, Borup lands at the 46th percentile for wildfire risk to structures — modestly above the national average for wildfire risk — a figure built from its 83 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 Borup at the 45th percentile, close to its 46th-percentile risk score.
Borup's building exposure, zone by zone
Borup rates 83.1% Minimal exposure against just 16.9% Direct and 0% Indirect — of 83 buildings counted, few sit close enough to burnable vegetation for USFS to flag them individually.
How Borup compares
Borup's 67th-percentile standing inside Minnesota outpaces its 46th national percentile — this is a hotter spot than most of its own state, even though the state as a whole runs cooler nationally. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Borup ranks 17,050 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 29,761 by building count (1 is largest). Within Minnesota alone, it ranks 299 of 914 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Minnesota on its state page.
Borup and the insurance market
Borup's elevated rating (46th 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
With 83.1% of buildings rated Minimal exposure, Borup gets less benefit from structure hardening than a Direct- or Indirect-dominant place would — the home-hardening guide explains why the zone matters.
Where Borup's figures come from
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 83 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Borup. The exposure-zones guide covers what Borup's dominant minimal exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.