Danube, MN
How exposed is Danube to wildfire?
USFS scores Danube at the 28th national percentile for wildfire risk to structures (close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range), a figure built from 297 real buildings rather than raw vegetation cover. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Danube's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 20th percentile nationally.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
USFS classifies 92.3% of Danube's buildings as Minimal exposure, the largest of the three zones here by a wide margin over 7.7% Direct and 0% Indirect — a landscape-level risk rather than a building-by-building one.
How Danube compares
Danube's risk sits at a similar level relative to Minnesota (34th percentile statewide) as it does nationally (28th) — this place isn't unusual for its own state either way. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Danube ranks 22,602 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 21,709 by building count (1 is largest). Within Minnesota alone, it ranks 601 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
Danube's moderate rating (28th percentile nationally) sits outside the range where wildfire risk alone reshapes an insurance market — still, a homeowner here loses nothing by comparing rates.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
With 92.3% of buildings rated Minimal exposure, Danube gets less benefit from structure hardening than a Direct- or Indirect-dominant place would — the home-hardening guide explains why the zone matters.
More on how this number was built
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 297 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Danube. For more on what minimal exposure implies beyond Danube, see the exposure-zones guide.