Claremont, MN
How exposed is Claremont to wildfire?
Claremont sits at the 4th percentile nationally for wildfire risk to structures — among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally — per USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model, built from its 389 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 Claremont at the 4th percentile, close to its 4th-percentile risk score.
Where Claremont's buildings actually sit
Most of Claremont's buildings (87.4% of 389) fall outside USFS's Direct and Indirect zones entirely — that doesn't zero out the score above, it means the risk is regional, not structure-by-structure.
Where Claremont ranks
Claremont scores 4th nationally and 7th within Minnesota — close enough that its state context doesn't change the picture the national number already gives. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Claremont ranks 30,138 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 19,428 by building count (1 is largest). Within Minnesota alone, it ranks 852 of 914 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Minnesota on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Claremont
At the 4th national percentile, Claremont rates low 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 Claremont
Even with 87.4% of Claremont 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.
More on how this number was built
Claremont's 4th-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 Claremont, see the exposure-zones guide.