Dassel, MN
Dassel, MN's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Dassel's 748 buildings earn a 29th-percentile wildfire-risk score nationally under USFS's model — close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Dassel at the 28th percentile, close to its 29th-percentile risk score.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
89.4% of Dassel's 748 buildings sit in USFS's Minimal exposure zone, with only 10.6% rated Direct — risk here comes from regional burn probability more than proximity to burnable vegetation at the structure itself.
Dassel against the rest of the country
There's little gap between Dassel's 29th national percentile and its 35th percentile inside Minnesota, which means the state comparison mostly confirms what the national score already shows. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Dassel ranks 22,344 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 14,140 by building count (1 is largest). Within Minnesota alone, it ranks 591 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
Dassel's moderate rating (29th percentile nationally) sits outside the range where wildfire risk alone reshapes an insurance market — still, a homeowner here loses nothing by comparing rates.
Hardening a home in Dassel
Even with 89.4% of Dassel 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.
Where Dassel's figures come from
Every one of the two percentiles behind Dassel's 22,344-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Dassel's dominant minimal exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.