Gladstone, ND
Gladstone, ND's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Out of every US place USFS scores, Gladstone lands at the 55th percentile for wildfire risk to structures — modestly above the national average for wildfire risk — a figure built from its 225 buildings, not the land around them. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Gladstone's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 53rd percentile nationally.
Gladstone's building exposure, zone by zone
225 buildings are counted in Gladstone, and 64.4% of them are Indirect exposure — ember-driven risk rather than the 35.6% in Direct exposure or the 0% rated Minimal.
How Gladstone compares
Gladstone's risk sits at a similar level relative to North Dakota (63rd percentile statewide) as it does nationally (55th) — this place isn't unusual for its own state either way. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Gladstone ranks 14,099 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 23,957 by building count (1 is largest). Within North Dakota alone, it ranks 148 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
Gladstone's elevated rating (55th percentile nationally) sits outside the range where wildfire risk alone reshapes an insurance market — still, a homeowner here loses nothing by comparing rates.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
Gladstone's 64.4% Indirect-exposure share points at embers, not flame contact, as the main pathway — ember-resistant vents and non-combustible roofing rank ahead of defensible space here. Detail in the home-hardening guide.
More on how this number was built
Gladstone's 55th-percentile score and its burn-probability figure both come from the same USFS workbook, documented in the methodology guide. For more on what indirect exposure implies beyond Gladstone, see the exposure-zones guide.