Corcoran, MN
Corcoran, MN's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
USFS scores Corcoran at the 45th national percentile for wildfire risk to structures (modestly above the national average for wildfire risk), a figure built from 4,191 real buildings rather than raw vegetation cover. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Corcoran at the 43rd national percentile — 2 points below its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
USFS classifies 71.9% of Corcoran's buildings as Direct exposure, higher than its 0.2% Indirect share and far above its 27.9% Minimal share — a profile where 3,013 structures sit close enough to vegetation that lot clearing matters most.
How Corcoran compares
Compare Corcoran's two percentiles: 66th within Minnesota, only 45th nationally — a gap of 20 points that marks it as unusually exposed for its own state. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Corcoran ranks 17,205 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 4,066 by building count (1 is largest). Within Minnesota alone, it ranks 315 of 914 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Minnesota on its state page.
What this risk score means for insurance
At the 45th national percentile, Corcoran rates elevated for wildfire risk — well short of the threshold where insurers have been withdrawing coverage, though comparing a quote costs nothing either way.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
Corcoran's 71.9% Direct-exposure share means lot clearing around the structure typically outweighs any single material upgrade here. The home-hardening guide ranks the options for a place shaped like this.
More on how this number was built
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 4,191 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Corcoran. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Corcoran, see the exposure-zones guide.