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Forbes wildfire risk explained
Forbes's 97 buildings earn a 44th-percentile wildfire-risk score nationally under USFS's model — modestly above the national average for wildfire risk. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Forbes at the 44th national percentile — 1 points below its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Where Forbes's buildings actually sit
97 buildings are counted in Forbes, and 57.7% of them sit in USFS's Direct exposure zone — flame contact, not just ember cast, is the live possibility for most of them, against 42.3% rated Minimal.
Forbes against the rest of the country
Forbes scores 44th nationally and 36th within North Dakota — close enough that its state context doesn't change the picture the national number already gives. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Forbes ranks 17,623 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 29,191 by building count (1 is largest). Within North Dakota alone, it ranks 260 of 402 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for North Dakota on its state page.
Forbes and the insurance market
At the 44th national percentile, Forbes 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 Forbes
With 57.7% of Forbes in Direct exposure, defensible-space clearing and ember-resistant construction (vents, Class-A roofing) address the exposure this page's own numbers describe, not a generic checklist. See the home-hardening guide.
More on how this number was built
Every one of the two percentiles behind Forbes's 17,623-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Forbes, see the exposure-zones guide.