Dazey, ND
Dazey wildfire risk explained
Dazey sits at the 65th percentile nationally for wildfire risk to structures — well above the national norm for wildfire risk — per USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model, built from its 132 counted buildings, not vegetation cover alone. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Dazey at the 64th national percentile — 1 points below its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Dazey's building exposure, zone by zone
Of Dazey's 132 counted buildings, 81.1% carry Direct exposure and only 0% carry Minimal — a lopsided split that puts defensible-space clearing ahead of vents or roofing as the intervention worth doing first.
How Dazey compares
Dazey's 83rd-percentile standing inside North Dakota outpaces its 65th national percentile — this is a hotter spot than most of its own state, even though the state as a whole runs cooler nationally. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Dazey ranks 10,914 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 27,637 by building count (1 is largest). Within North Dakota alone, it ranks 70 of 402 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for North Dakota on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Dazey
Dazey's 65th-percentile, high rating is the kind of score behind a broader national pattern: insurers pulling back from the highest wildfire-risk markets, non-renewing or declining new policies outright, most visibly in California. Shopping around, not assuming automatic renewal, tends to matter here.
Hardening a home in Dazey
With 81.1% of Dazey in Direct exposure, defensible-space clearing and ember-resistant construction (vents, Class-A roofing) address the exposure this page's own numbers describe, not a generic checklist. See the home-hardening guide.
Where Dazey's figures come from
Every one of the two percentiles behind Dazey's 10,914-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Dazey's dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.