Browerville, MN
How exposed is Browerville to wildfire?
Browerville's 542 buildings earn a 60th-percentile wildfire-risk score nationally under USFS's model — modestly above the national average for wildfire risk. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Browerville at the 54th percentile, close to its 60th-percentile risk score.
Browerville's building exposure, zone by zone
USFS puts 62.4% of Browerville's 542 buildings in the Indirect exposure zone, versus 37.6% Direct and 0% Minimal — a place where the fire doesn't need to reach the structure directly for embers to.
Browerville against the rest of the country
Browerville's 85th-percentile standing inside Minnesota outpaces its 60th 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, Browerville ranks 12,732 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 16,682 by building count (1 is largest). Within Minnesota alone, it ranks 135 of 914 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Minnesota on its state page.
Browerville and the insurance market
Browerville's elevated rating (60th 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
Because 62.4% of Browerville'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.
Where Browerville's figures come from
Browerville's 60th-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 Browerville's dominant indirect exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.