Braham, MN
Braham wildfire risk explained
USFS scores Braham at the 56th national percentile for wildfire risk to structures (modestly above the national average for wildfire risk), a figure built from 824 real buildings rather than raw vegetation cover. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Braham's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 52nd percentile nationally.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
824 buildings are counted in Braham, and 43.7% of them are Indirect exposure — ember-driven risk rather than the 43.2% in Direct exposure or the 13.1% rated Minimal.
Where Braham ranks
Braham's 82nd-percentile standing inside Minnesota outpaces its 56th 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, Braham ranks 13,957 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 13,411 by building count (1 is largest). Within Minnesota alone, it ranks 167 of 914 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Minnesota on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Braham
At the 56th national percentile, Braham rates elevated for wildfire risk — well short of the threshold where insurers have been withdrawing coverage, though comparing a quote costs nothing either way.
What would actually reduce this score
Because 43.7% of Braham'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
Braham's 56th-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 Braham, see the exposure-zones guide.