Cavalier, ND
How exposed is Cavalier to wildfire?
Cavalier's 964 buildings earn a 41st-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.)
Separately from the risk score above, Cavalier's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 42nd percentile nationally.
Where Cavalier's buildings actually sit
Cavalier rates 81.4% Minimal exposure against just 18.6% Direct and 0% Indirect — of 964 buildings counted, few sit close enough to burnable vegetation for USFS to flag them individually.
Where Cavalier ranks
Inside North Dakota, Cavalier sits at just the 25th percentile even though it scores 41st nationally — the state's overall wildfire exposure is high enough to make this a relatively quiet corner of it. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Cavalier ranks 18,759 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 12,196 by building count (1 is largest). Within North Dakota alone, it ranks 300 of 402 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for North Dakota on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Cavalier
Cavalier's elevated wildfire rating (41st 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.
What would actually reduce this score
Even with 81.4% of Cavalier outside USFS's Direct and Indirect zones, basic hardening — gutter maintenance, ember-resistant vents — is inexpensive relative to the regional burn-probability risk noted above. Details in the home-hardening guide.
Where Cavalier's figures come from
Cavalier's 41st-percentile score and its burn-probability figure both come from the same USFS workbook, documented in the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Cavalier's dominant minimal exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.