Good Thunder, MN
Good Thunder wildfire risk explained
Good Thunder sits at the 24th percentile nationally for wildfire risk to structures — close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range — per USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model, built from its 316 counted buildings, not vegetation cover alone. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Good Thunder's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 21st percentile nationally.
Good Thunder's building exposure, zone by zone
Good Thunder rates 87.7% Minimal exposure against just 12.3% Direct and 0% Indirect — of 316 buildings counted, few sit close enough to burnable vegetation for USFS to flag them individually.
How Good Thunder compares
There's little gap between Good Thunder's 24th national percentile and its 28th percentile inside Minnesota, which means the state comparison mostly confirms what the national score already shows. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Good Thunder ranks 23,952 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 21,209 by building count (1 is largest). Within Minnesota alone, it ranks 656 of 914 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Minnesota on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Good Thunder
At the 24th national percentile, Good Thunder rates moderate 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
With 87.7% of buildings rated Minimal exposure, Good Thunder gets less benefit from structure hardening than a Direct- or Indirect-dominant place would — the home-hardening guide explains why the zone matters.
More on how this number was built
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 316 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Good Thunder. For more on what minimal exposure implies beyond Good Thunder, see the exposure-zones guide.