Fullerton, ND
How exposed is Fullerton to wildfire?
Fullerton's 147 buildings earn a 49th-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 Fullerton at the 49th national percentile — 1 points below its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
Direct exposure dominates in Fullerton: 53.1% of its 147 buildings, versus 0% Indirect and 46.9% Minimal. Clearing space around a structure changes the outcome here more than any single building-material swap.
Where Fullerton ranks
Fullerton scores 49th nationally and 50th 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, Fullerton ranks 15,987 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 26,999 by building count (1 is largest). Within North Dakota alone, it ranks 203 of 402 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for North Dakota on its state page.
What this risk score means for insurance
At the 49th national percentile, Fullerton rates elevated 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
Fullerton's 53.1% Direct-exposure share means lot clearing around the structure typically outweighs any single material upgrade here. The home-hardening guide ranks the options for a place shaped like this.
More on how this number was built
Every one of the two percentiles behind Fullerton's 15,987-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Fullerton, see the exposure-zones guide.