Edgerton, MN
Edgerton wildfire risk explained
Out of every US place USFS scores, Edgerton lands at the 33rd percentile for wildfire risk to structures — close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range — a figure built from its 747 buildings, not the land around them. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Edgerton's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 30th percentile nationally.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
Most of Edgerton's buildings (83.8% of 747) 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 Edgerton ranks
There's little gap between Edgerton's 33rd national percentile and its 40th percentile inside Minnesota, which means the state comparison mostly confirms what the national score already shows. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Edgerton ranks 21,143 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 14,152 by building count (1 is largest). Within Minnesota alone, it ranks 546 of 914 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Minnesota on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Edgerton
Edgerton's moderate rating (33rd 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
Even with 83.8% of Edgerton outside USFS's Direct and Indirect zones, basic hardening — gutter maintenance, ember-resistant vents — is inexpensive relative to the regional burn-probability risk noted above. Details in the home-hardening guide.
More on how this number was built
Every one of the two percentiles behind Edgerton's 21,143-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. For more on what minimal exposure implies beyond Edgerton, see the exposure-zones guide.