Bowdon, ND
Bowdon, ND's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
USFS scores Bowdon at the 32nd national percentile for wildfire risk to structures (close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range), a figure built from 161 real buildings rather than raw vegetation cover. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Bowdon's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 28th percentile nationally.
Where Bowdon's buildings actually sit
Only 14.9% of Bowdon's 161 buildings carry Direct exposure and 0% carry Indirect; the remaining 85.1% are Minimal, which shifts the risk driving this page's score toward the surrounding landscape rather than any one structure.
Where Bowdon ranks
Inside North Dakota, Bowdon sits at just the 14th percentile even though it scores 32nd nationally — the state's overall wildfire exposure is high enough to make this a relatively quiet corner of it. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Bowdon ranks 21,339 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 26,395 by building count (1 is largest). Within North Dakota alone, it ranks 348 of 402 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for North Dakota on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Bowdon
At the 32nd national percentile, Bowdon rates moderate for wildfire risk — well short of the threshold where insurers have been withdrawing coverage, though comparing a quote costs nothing either way.
Hardening a home in Bowdon
With 85.1% of buildings rated Minimal exposure, Bowdon 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 Bowdon's 21,339-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. For more on what minimal exposure implies beyond Bowdon, see the exposure-zones guide.