Circle Pines, MN
Circle Pines, MN's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model puts Circle Pines at the 56th national percentile for risk to structures, modestly above the national average for wildfire risk — a score built from 1,918 actual buildings. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Circle Pines's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 50th percentile nationally.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
Circle Pines rates 72.1% Minimal exposure against just 27.9% Direct and 0% Indirect — of 1,918 buildings counted, few sit close enough to burnable vegetation for USFS to flag them individually.
Where Circle Pines ranks
Within Minnesota, Circle Pines ranks higher (83rd percentile) than it does nationally (56th) — one of the more fire-exposed places in a state that, overall, scores lower than that. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Circle Pines ranks 13,707 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 7,714 by building count (1 is largest). Within Minnesota alone, it ranks 160 of 914 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Minnesota on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Circle Pines
At the 56th national percentile, Circle Pines rates elevated 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 Circle Pines
With 72.1% of buildings rated Minimal exposure, Circle Pines 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
Circle Pines's 56th-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 Circle Pines, see the exposure-zones guide.