Buchanan, ND
Buchanan, ND's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Buchanan's 80 buildings earn a 54th-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 Buchanan at the 53rd percentile, close to its 54th-percentile risk score.
Buchanan's building exposure, zone by zone
80 buildings are counted in Buchanan, and 62.5% of them are Indirect exposure — ember-driven risk rather than the 37.5% in Direct exposure or the 0% rated Minimal.
How Buchanan compares
There's little gap between Buchanan's 54th national percentile and its 61st percentile inside North Dakota, which means the state comparison mostly confirms what the national score already shows. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Buchanan ranks 14,383 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 29,891 by building count (1 is largest). Within North Dakota alone, it ranks 158 of 402 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for North Dakota on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Buchanan
Buchanan's elevated rating (54th percentile nationally) sits outside the range where wildfire risk alone reshapes an insurance market — still, a homeowner here loses nothing by comparing rates.
Hardening a home in Buchanan
With ember exposure the dominant pattern in Buchanan (62.5% Indirect), vent screens and roofing material tend to matter more than lot clearing alone. The home-hardening guide covers both.
More on how this number was built
Buchanan's 54th-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 Buchanan, see the exposure-zones guide.