Cyrus, MN
How exposed is Cyrus to wildfire?
USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model puts Cyrus at the 49th national percentile for risk to structures, modestly above the national average for wildfire risk — a score built from 220 actual buildings. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Cyrus's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 43rd percentile nationally.
Where Cyrus's buildings actually sit
USFS classifies 73.6% of Cyrus's buildings as Minimal exposure, the largest of the three zones here by a wide margin over 26.4% Direct and 0% Indirect — a landscape-level risk rather than a building-by-building one.
Where Cyrus ranks
Within Minnesota, Cyrus ranks higher (73rd percentile) than it does nationally (49th) — one of the more fire-exposed places in a state that, overall, scores lower than that. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Cyrus ranks 16,046 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 24,130 by building count (1 is largest). Within Minnesota alone, it ranks 247 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 49th national percentile, Cyrus 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
Even with 73.6% of Cyrus 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
Every one of the two percentiles behind Cyrus's 16,046-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. For more on what minimal exposure implies beyond Cyrus, see the exposure-zones guide.