Driscoll, ND
Driscoll, ND's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Out of every US place USFS scores, Driscoll lands at the 48th percentile for wildfire risk to structures — modestly above the national average for wildfire risk — a figure built from its 100 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 Driscoll at the 47th percentile, close to its 48th-percentile risk score.
Where Driscoll's buildings actually sit
88% of Driscoll's 100 buildings sit in USFS's Direct exposure zone, roughly 88 structures close enough to burnable vegetation for flame contact, not just embers — 12% fall in the Indirect, ember-only zone and 0% are Minimal.
How Driscoll compares
There's little gap between Driscoll's 48th national percentile and its 47th percentile inside North Dakota, which means the state comparison mostly confirms what the national score already shows. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Driscoll ranks 16,272 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 29,045 by building count (1 is largest). Within North Dakota alone, it ranks 212 of 402 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for North Dakota on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Driscoll
Driscoll's elevated rating (48th percentile nationally) sits outside the range where wildfire risk alone reshapes an insurance market — still, a homeowner here loses nothing by comparing rates.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
With 88% of Driscoll 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
Driscoll's 48th-percentile score and its burn-probability figure both come from the same USFS workbook, documented in the methodology guide. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Driscoll, see the exposure-zones guide.