Buxton, ND
Buxton, ND's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Buxton's 251 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.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Buxton at the 45th national percentile — 2 points below its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Where Buxton's buildings actually sit
Only 15.1% of Buxton's 251 buildings carry Direct exposure and 0% carry Indirect; the remaining 84.9% are Minimal, which shifts the risk driving this page's score toward the surrounding landscape rather than any one structure.
Where Buxton ranks
Buxton scores 47th nationally and 43rd within North Dakota — close enough that its state context doesn't change the picture the national number already gives. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Buxton ranks 16,805 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 23,114 by building count (1 is largest). Within North Dakota alone, it ranks 229 of 402 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for North Dakota on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Buxton
Buxton's elevated wildfire rating (47th 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.
Hardening a home in Buxton
Buxton's 84.9% 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
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 251 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Buxton. For more on what minimal exposure implies beyond Buxton, see the exposure-zones guide.