Bricelyn, MN
Bricelyn, MN's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Out of every US place USFS scores, Bricelyn lands at the 2nd percentile for wildfire risk to structures — among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally — a figure built from its 313 buildings, not the land around them. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Bricelyn at the 2nd national percentile — 0 points below its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Bricelyn's building exposure, zone by zone
USFS classifies 76.4% of Bricelyn's buildings as Minimal exposure, the largest of the three zones here by a wide margin over 23.6% Direct and 0% Indirect — a landscape-level risk rather than a building-by-building one.
How Bricelyn compares
Bricelyn's risk sits at a similar level relative to Minnesota (2nd percentile statewide) as it does nationally (2nd) — this place isn't unusual for its own state either way. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Bricelyn ranks 30,955 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 21,283 by building count (1 is largest). Within Minnesota alone, it ranks 899 of 914 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Minnesota on its state page.
What this risk score means for insurance
Bricelyn's low rating (2nd percentile nationally) sits outside the range where wildfire risk alone reshapes an insurance market — still, a homeowner here loses nothing by comparing rates.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
Bricelyn's 76.4% Minimal-exposure share means structure-level hardening matters less here than it would elsewhere — still worth the low-cost basics, per the home-hardening guide.
Where Bricelyn's figures come from
Bricelyn's 2nd-percentile score and its burn-probability figure both come from the same USFS workbook, documented in the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Bricelyn's dominant minimal exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.