Caledonia, MN
How exposed is Caledonia to wildfire?
Caledonia's 1,584 buildings earn a 20th-percentile wildfire-risk score nationally under USFS's model — among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Caledonia's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 21st percentile nationally.
Where Caledonia's buildings actually sit
USFS puts 81.7% of Caledonia's 1,584 buildings in the Indirect exposure zone, versus 6.6% Direct and 11.7% Minimal — a place where the fire doesn't need to reach the structure directly for embers to.
How Caledonia compares
Caledonia scores 20th nationally and 23rd 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, Caledonia ranks 25,310 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 8,816 by building count (1 is largest). Within Minnesota alone, it ranks 702 of 914 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Minnesota on its state page.
Caledonia and the insurance market
At the 20th national percentile, Caledonia rates low for wildfire risk — well short of the threshold where insurers have been withdrawing coverage, though comparing a quote costs nothing either way.
What would actually reduce this score
Caledonia's 81.7% Indirect-exposure share points at embers, not flame contact, as the main pathway — ember-resistant vents and non-combustible roofing rank ahead of defensible space here. Detail in the home-hardening guide.
More on how this number was built
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 1,584 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Caledonia. For more on what indirect exposure implies beyond Caledonia, see the exposure-zones guide.