Brooten, MN
Brooten wildfire risk explained
USFS scores Brooten at the 57th national percentile for wildfire risk to structures (modestly above the national average for wildfire risk), a figure built from 491 real buildings rather than raw vegetation cover. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Brooten at the 54th percentile, close to its 57th-percentile risk score.
Brooten's building exposure, zone by zone
82.5% of Brooten's 491 buildings fall in USFS's Indirect exposure zone — ember cast rather than direct flame — against 17.5% Direct and 0% Minimal. Vent screens and roofing material matter more here than lot clearing alone.
How Brooten compares
Within Minnesota, Brooten ranks higher (83rd percentile) than it does nationally (57th) — one of the more fire-exposed places in a state that, overall, scores lower than that. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Brooten ranks 13,646 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 17,514 by building count (1 is largest). Within Minnesota alone, it ranks 158 of 914 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Minnesota on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Brooten
Brooten's elevated rating (57th 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
Brooten's 82.5% Indirect-exposure share points at embers, not flame contact, as the main pathway — ember-resistant vents and non-combustible roofing rank ahead of defensible space here. Detail in the home-hardening guide.
More on how this number was built
Brooten's 57th-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 Brooten, see the exposure-zones guide.