Goodland, MN
How exposed is Goodland to wildfire?
Goodland sits at the 41st 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 31 counted buildings, not vegetation cover alone. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Goodland at the 42nd percentile, close to its 41st-percentile risk score.
Where Goodland's buildings actually sit
Of Goodland's 31 counted buildings, 100% carry Direct exposure and only 0% carry Minimal — a lopsided split that puts defensible-space clearing ahead of vents or roofing as the intervention worth doing first.
Goodland against the rest of the country
Compare Goodland's two percentiles: 57th within Minnesota, only 41st nationally — a gap of 16 points that marks it as unusually exposed for its own state. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Goodland ranks 18,465 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 31,344 by building count (1 is largest). Within Minnesota alone, it ranks 390 of 914 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Minnesota on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Goodland
Goodland's elevated wildfire rating (41st percentile) isn't the kind of score driving the carrier pullback making news in the highest-risk Western markets — but a standard homeowners quote is still worth comparing on its own terms.
What would actually reduce this score
With 100% of Goodland 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 Goodland's 18,465-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Goodland, see the exposure-zones guide.