Dunnell, MN
Dunnell, MN's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model puts Dunnell at the 9th national percentile for risk to structures, among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally — a score built from 149 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 Dunnell at the 7th percentile, close to its 9th-percentile risk score.
Where Dunnell's buildings actually sit
Most of Dunnell's buildings (67.8% of 149) fall outside USFS's Direct and Indirect zones entirely — that doesn't zero out the score above, it means the risk is regional, not structure-by-structure.
Where Dunnell ranks
Dunnell scores 9th nationally and 12th within Minnesota — close enough that its state context doesn't change the picture the national number already gives. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Dunnell ranks 28,719 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 26,914 by building count (1 is largest). Within Minnesota alone, it ranks 801 of 914 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Minnesota on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Dunnell
Dunnell's low rating (9th 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 67.8% of buildings rated Minimal exposure, Dunnell gets less benefit from structure hardening than a Direct- or Indirect-dominant place would — the home-hardening guide explains why the zone matters.
More on how this number was built
Dunnell's 9th-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 Dunnell, see the exposure-zones guide.