Edina, MN
Edina wildfire risk explained
Edina sits at the 34th percentile nationally for wildfire risk to structures — close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range — per USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model, built from its 15,893 counted buildings, not vegetation cover alone. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Edina at the 34th national percentile — 1 points below its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Where Edina's buildings actually sit
Edina rates 86.6% Minimal exposure against just 13.4% Direct and 0% Indirect — of 15,893 buildings counted, few sit close enough to burnable vegetation for USFS to flag them individually. At 15,893 buildings, this is a substantial built environment, so the shares below describe a real population of structures, not a handful of edge cases.
How Edina compares
Edina's risk sits at a similar level relative to Minnesota (43rd percentile statewide) as it does nationally (34th) — this place isn't unusual for its own state either way. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Edina ranks 20,705 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 926 by building count (1 is largest). Within Minnesota alone, it ranks 519 of 914 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Minnesota on its state page.
What this risk score means for insurance
At the 34th national percentile, Edina rates moderate for wildfire risk — well short of the threshold where insurers have been withdrawing coverage, though comparing a quote costs nothing either way.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
With 86.6% of buildings rated Minimal exposure, Edina gets less benefit from structure hardening than a Direct- or Indirect-dominant place would — the home-hardening guide explains why the zone matters.
Where Edina's figures come from
Edina's 34th-percentile score and its burn-probability figure both come from the same USFS workbook, documented in the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Edina's dominant minimal exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.