Dunn Center, ND
Dunn Center, ND's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Dunn Center sits at the 68th 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 198 counted buildings, not vegetation cover alone. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Dunn Center at the 65th percentile, close to its 68th-percentile risk score.
Dunn Center's building exposure, zone by zone
USFS classifies 54% of Dunn Center's buildings as Direct exposure, higher than its 46% Indirect share and far above its 0% Minimal share — a profile where 107 structures sit close enough to vegetation that lot clearing matters most.
How Dunn Center compares
Dunn Center's 86th-percentile standing inside North Dakota outpaces its 68th 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, Dunn Center ranks 10,002 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 24,931 by building count (1 is largest). Within North Dakota alone, it ranks 57 of 402 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for North Dakota on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Dunn Center
At the 68th percentile nationally, Dunn Center carries the high rating that has pushed some carriers to limit new business in similarly-scored places elsewhere in the country. Worth comparing quotes rather than assuming last year's renewal terms still apply.
Hardening a home in Dunn Center
With 54% of Dunn Center 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 Dunn Center's 10,002-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Dunn Center, see the exposure-zones guide.