Comstock, MN
Comstock wildfire risk explained
Comstock's 97 buildings earn a 8th-percentile wildfire-risk score nationally under USFS's model — among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Comstock's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 7th percentile nationally.
Where Comstock's buildings actually sit
Only 23.7% of Comstock's 97 buildings carry Direct exposure and 0% carry Indirect; the remaining 76.3% are Minimal, which shifts the risk driving this page's score toward the surrounding landscape rather than any one structure.
How Comstock compares
Comstock's risk sits at a similar level relative to Minnesota (12th percentile statewide) as it does nationally (8th) — this place isn't unusual for its own state either way. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Comstock ranks 28,877 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 29,178 by building count (1 is largest). Within Minnesota alone, it ranks 808 of 914 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Minnesota on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Comstock
Comstock's low rating (8th percentile nationally) sits outside the range where wildfire risk alone reshapes an insurance market — still, a homeowner here loses nothing by comparing rates.
What would actually reduce this score
Even with 76.3% of Comstock 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
Comstock's 8th-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 Comstock, see the exposure-zones guide.