Burtrum, MN
How exposed is Burtrum to wildfire?
Burtrum's 126 buildings earn a 55th-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.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Burtrum at the 56th national percentile — 0 points above its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Where Burtrum's buildings actually sit
Most of Burtrum's buildings (63.5% of 126) fall outside USFS's Direct and Indirect zones entirely — that doesn't zero out the score above, it means the risk is regional, not structure-by-structure.
Burtrum against the rest of the country
Burtrum's 81st-percentile standing inside Minnesota outpaces its 55th 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, Burtrum ranks 14,089 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 27,895 by building count (1 is largest). Within Minnesota alone, it ranks 175 of 914 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Minnesota on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Burtrum
Burtrum's elevated wildfire rating (55th percentile) isn't the kind of score driving the carrier pullback making news in the highest-risk Western markets — but a standard homeowners quote is still worth comparing on its own terms.
What would actually reduce this score
Burtrum's 63.5% Minimal-exposure share means structure-level hardening matters less here than it would elsewhere — still worth the low-cost basics, per the home-hardening guide.
More on how this number was built
Every one of the two percentiles behind Burtrum's 14,089-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. For more on what minimal exposure implies beyond Burtrum, see the exposure-zones guide.