Canton City (Hensel), ND
How exposed is Canton City (Hensel) to wildfire?
USFS scores Canton City (Hensel) at the 17th national percentile for wildfire risk to structures (among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally), a figure built from 74 real buildings rather than raw vegetation cover. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Canton City (Hensel) at the 18th national percentile — 1 points above its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
73% of Canton City (Hensel)'s 74 buildings sit in USFS's Minimal exposure zone, with only 27% rated Direct — risk here comes from regional burn probability more than proximity to burnable vegetation at the structure itself.
Where Canton City (Hensel) ranks
There's little gap between Canton City (Hensel)'s 17th national percentile and its 5th percentile inside North Dakota, which means the state comparison mostly confirms what the national score already shows. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Canton City (Hensel) ranks 26,102 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 30,144 by building count (1 is largest). Within North Dakota alone, it ranks 382 of 402 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for North Dakota on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Canton City (Hensel)
At the 17th national percentile, Canton City (Hensel) 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
With 73% of buildings rated Minimal exposure, Canton City (Hensel) gets less benefit from structure hardening than a Direct- or Indirect-dominant place would — the home-hardening guide explains why the zone matters.
More on how this number was built
Canton City (Hensel)'s 17th-percentile score and its burn-probability figure both come from the same USFS workbook, documented in the methodology guide. For more on what minimal exposure implies beyond Canton City (Hensel), see the exposure-zones guide.