Falcon Heights, MN
Falcon Heights, MN's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model puts Falcon Heights at the 24th national percentile for risk to structures, close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range — a score built from 1,977 actual buildings. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Falcon Heights's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 27th percentile nationally.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
Falcon Heights rates 91.4% Minimal exposure against just 8.7% Direct and 0% Indirect — of 1,977 buildings counted, few sit close enough to burnable vegetation for USFS to flag them individually.
Falcon Heights against the rest of the country
There's little gap between Falcon Heights's 24th national percentile and its 29th percentile inside Minnesota, which means the state comparison mostly confirms what the national score already shows. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Falcon Heights ranks 23,888 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 7,542 by building count (1 is largest). Within Minnesota alone, it ranks 653 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 24th national percentile, Falcon Heights rates moderate for wildfire risk — well short of the threshold where insurers have been withdrawing coverage, though comparing a quote costs nothing either way.
What would actually reduce this score
Falcon Heights's 91.4% Minimal-exposure share means structure-level hardening matters less here than it would elsewhere — still worth the low-cost basics, per the home-hardening guide.
Where Falcon Heights's figures come from
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 1,977 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Falcon Heights. The exposure-zones guide covers what Falcon Heights's dominant minimal exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.