Deer Creek, MN
Deer Creek wildfire risk explained
USFS scores Deer Creek at the 57th national percentile for wildfire risk to structures (modestly above the national average for wildfire risk), a figure built from 268 real buildings rather than raw vegetation cover. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Deer Creek at the 53rd percentile, close to its 57th-percentile risk score.
Deer Creek's building exposure, zone by zone
USFS classifies 59.7% of Deer Creek's buildings as Direct exposure, higher than its 0% Indirect share and far above its 40.3% Minimal share — a profile where 160 structures sit close enough to vegetation that lot clearing matters most.
How Deer Creek compares
Within Minnesota, Deer Creek ranks higher (83rd percentile) than it does nationally (57th) — one of the more fire-exposed places in a state that, overall, scores lower than that. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Deer Creek ranks 13,583 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 22,567 by building count (1 is largest). Within Minnesota alone, it ranks 153 of 914 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Minnesota on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Deer Creek
At the 57th national percentile, Deer Creek rates elevated for wildfire risk — well short of the threshold where insurers have been withdrawing coverage, though comparing a quote costs nothing either way.
Hardening a home in Deer Creek
With 59.7% of Deer Creek 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.
More on how this number was built
Every one of the two percentiles behind Deer Creek's 13,583-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Deer Creek, see the exposure-zones guide.