Foley, MN
How exposed is Foley to wildfire?
Foley sits at the 54th percentile nationally for wildfire risk to structures — modestly above the national average for wildfire risk — per USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model, built from its 1,163 counted buildings, not vegetation cover alone. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Foley's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 53rd percentile nationally.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
USFS classifies 88.8% of Foley's buildings as Minimal exposure, the largest of the three zones here by a wide margin over 11.2% Direct and 0% Indirect — a landscape-level risk rather than a building-by-building one.
Foley against the rest of the country
Foley's 79th-percentile standing inside Minnesota outpaces its 54th 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, Foley ranks 14,590 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 10,876 by building count (1 is largest). Within Minnesota alone, it ranks 190 of 914 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Minnesota on its state page.
Foley and the insurance market
At the 54th national percentile, Foley rates elevated for wildfire risk — well short of the threshold where insurers have been withdrawing coverage, though comparing a quote costs nothing either way.
Hardening a home in Foley
Foley's 88.8% 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.
More on how this number was built
Foley's 54th-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 Foley, see the exposure-zones guide.