Deering, ND
How exposed is Deering to wildfire?
USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model puts Deering at the 41st national percentile for risk to structures, modestly above the national average for wildfire risk — a score built from 109 actual buildings. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Deering at the 38th percentile, close to its 41st-percentile risk score.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
78.9% of Deering's 109 buildings sit in USFS's Minimal exposure zone, with only 21.1% rated Direct — risk here comes from regional burn probability more than proximity to burnable vegetation at the structure itself.
Deering against the rest of the country
Deering's risk sits at a similar level relative to North Dakota (26th percentile statewide) as it does nationally (41st) — this place isn't unusual for its own state either way. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Deering ranks 18,724 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 28,667 by building count (1 is largest). Within North Dakota alone, it ranks 299 of 402 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for North Dakota on its state page.
Deering and the insurance market
At the 41st national percentile, Deering rates elevated for wildfire risk — well short of the threshold where insurers have been withdrawing coverage, though comparing a quote costs nothing either way.
What would actually reduce this score
Deering's 78.9% Minimal-exposure share means structure-level hardening matters less here than it would elsewhere — still worth the low-cost basics, per the home-hardening guide.
More on how this number was built
Deering's 41st-percentile score and its burn-probability figure both come from the same USFS workbook, documented in the methodology guide. For more on what minimal exposure implies beyond Deering, see the exposure-zones guide.