Buhl, MN
Buhl wildfire risk explained
USFS scores Buhl at the 38th national percentile for wildfire risk to structures (close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range), a figure built from 786 real buildings rather than raw vegetation cover. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Buhl's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 37th percentile nationally.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
786 buildings are counted in Buhl, and 91.7% of them are Indirect exposure — ember-driven risk rather than the 8.3% in Direct exposure or the 0% rated Minimal.
Buhl against the rest of the country
Buhl scores 38th nationally and 51st within Minnesota — close enough that its state context doesn't change the picture the national number already gives. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Buhl ranks 19,442 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 13,759 by building count (1 is largest). Within Minnesota alone, it ranks 449 of 914 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Minnesota on its state page.
Buhl and the insurance market
Buhl's moderate rating (38th 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 91.7% of Buhl'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.
More on how this number was built
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 786 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Buhl. For more on what indirect exposure implies beyond Buhl, see the exposure-zones guide.