Cando, ND
Cando wildfire risk explained
Cando sits at the 61st percentile nationally for wildfire risk to structures — well above the national norm for wildfire risk — per USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model, built from its 887 counted buildings, not vegetation cover alone. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Cando at the 58th percentile, close to its 61st-percentile risk score.
Cando's building exposure, zone by zone
Only 4.4% of Cando's 887 buildings carry Direct exposure and 8.2% carry Indirect; the remaining 87.4% are Minimal, which shifts the risk driving this page's score toward the surrounding landscape rather than any one structure.
Cando against the rest of the country
Compare Cando's two percentiles: 77th within North Dakota, only 61st nationally — a gap of 16 points that marks it as unusually exposed for its own state. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Cando ranks 12,203 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 12,844 by building count (1 is largest). Within North Dakota alone, it ranks 92 of 402 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for North Dakota on its state page.
Cando and the insurance market
At the 61st percentile nationally, Cando carries the high rating that has pushed some carriers to limit new business in similarly-scored places elsewhere in the country. Worth comparing quotes rather than assuming last year's renewal terms still apply.
Hardening a home in Cando
With 87.4% of buildings rated Minimal exposure, Cando gets less benefit from structure hardening than a Direct- or Indirect-dominant place would — the home-hardening guide explains why the zone matters.
Where Cando's figures come from
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 887 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Cando. The exposure-zones guide covers what Cando's dominant minimal exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.