Clitherall, MN
Clitherall wildfire risk explained
Clitherall sits at the 43rd percentile nationally for wildfire risk to structures — modestly above the national average for wildfire risk — per USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model, built from its 108 counted buildings, not vegetation cover alone. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Clitherall's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 42nd percentile nationally.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
Direct exposure dominates in Clitherall: 53.7% of its 108 buildings, versus 0% Indirect and 46.3% Minimal. Clearing space around a structure changes the outcome here more than any single building-material swap.
How Clitherall compares
Compare Clitherall's two percentiles: 60th within Minnesota, only 43rd nationally — a gap of 17 points that marks it as unusually exposed for its own state. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Clitherall ranks 18,057 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 28,695 by building count (1 is largest). Within Minnesota alone, it ranks 371 of 914 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Minnesota on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Clitherall
Clitherall's elevated wildfire rating (43rd 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.
Hardening a home in Clitherall
With 53.7% of Clitherall in Direct exposure, defensible-space clearing and ember-resistant construction (vents, Class-A roofing) address the exposure this page's own numbers describe, not a generic checklist. See the home-hardening guide.
More on how this number was built
Every one of the two percentiles behind Clitherall's 18,057-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Clitherall, see the exposure-zones guide.