Buckman, MN
Buckman wildfire risk explained
Buckman's 221 buildings earn a 47th-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 Buckman at the 47th percentile, close to its 47th-percentile risk score.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
Buckman rates 73.8% Minimal exposure against just 26.2% Direct and 0% Indirect — of 221 buildings counted, few sit close enough to burnable vegetation for USFS to flag them individually.
How Buckman compares
Within Minnesota, Buckman ranks higher (70th percentile) than it does nationally (47th) — one of the more fire-exposed places in a state that, overall, scores lower than that. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Buckman ranks 16,639 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 24,082 by building count (1 is largest). Within Minnesota alone, it ranks 275 of 914 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Minnesota on its state page.
Buckman and the insurance market
Buckman's elevated rating (47th 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 Buckman
With 73.8% of buildings rated Minimal exposure, Buckman gets less benefit from structure hardening than a Direct- or Indirect-dominant place would — the home-hardening guide explains why the zone matters.
More on how this number was built
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 221 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Buckman. For more on what minimal exposure implies beyond Buckman, see the exposure-zones guide.