Cannon Falls, MN
How exposed is Cannon Falls to wildfire?
USFS scores Cannon Falls at the 28th national percentile for wildfire risk to structures (close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range), a figure built from 2,158 real buildings rather than raw vegetation cover. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Cannon Falls at the 29th percentile, close to its 28th-percentile risk score.
Cannon Falls's building exposure, zone by zone
78.9% of Cannon Falls's 2,158 buildings fall in USFS's Indirect exposure zone — ember cast rather than direct flame — against 19.4% Direct and 1.7% Minimal. Vent screens and roofing material matter more here than lot clearing alone.
Where Cannon Falls ranks
There's little gap between Cannon Falls's 28th national percentile and its 35th percentile inside Minnesota, which means the state comparison mostly confirms what the national score already shows. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Cannon Falls ranks 22,539 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 7,046 by building count (1 is largest). Within Minnesota alone, it ranks 599 of 914 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Minnesota on its state page.
What this risk score means for insurance
At the 28th national percentile, Cannon Falls rates moderate for wildfire risk — well short of the threshold where insurers have been withdrawing coverage, though comparing a quote costs nothing either way.
Hardening a home in Cannon Falls
Because 78.9% of Cannon Falls'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 2,158 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Cannon Falls. For more on what indirect exposure implies beyond Cannon Falls, see the exposure-zones guide.