Dickey, ND
How exposed is Dickey to wildfire?
Out of every US place USFS scores, Dickey lands at the 56th percentile for wildfire risk to structures — modestly above the national average for wildfire risk — a figure built from its 83 buildings, not the land around them. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Dickey at the 54th percentile, close to its 56th-percentile risk score.
Dickey's building exposure, zone by zone
83 buildings are counted in Dickey, and 56.6% of them are Indirect exposure — ember-driven risk rather than the 43.4% in Direct exposure or the 0% rated Minimal.
Dickey against the rest of the country
Dickey's risk sits at a similar level relative to North Dakota (66th percentile statewide) as it does nationally (56th) — this place isn't unusual for its own state either way. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Dickey ranks 13,741 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 29,774 by building count (1 is largest). Within North Dakota alone, it ranks 136 of 402 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for North Dakota on its state page.
Dickey and the insurance market
Dickey's elevated rating (56th percentile nationally) sits outside the range where wildfire risk alone reshapes an insurance market — still, a homeowner here loses nothing by comparing rates.
What would actually reduce this score
Dickey's 56.6% Indirect-exposure share points at embers, not flame contact, as the main pathway — ember-resistant vents and non-combustible roofing rank ahead of defensible space here. Detail in the home-hardening guide.
More on how this number was built
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 83 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Dickey. For more on what indirect exposure implies beyond Dickey, see the exposure-zones guide.