Goodridge, MN
How exposed is Goodridge to wildfire?
Goodridge sits at the 75th percentile nationally for wildfire risk to structures — well above the national norm for wildfire risk — per USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model, built from its 136 counted buildings, not vegetation cover alone. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Goodridge's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 70th percentile nationally.
Goodridge's building exposure, zone by zone
USFS classifies 59.6% of Goodridge's buildings as Minimal exposure, the largest of the three zones here by a wide margin over 40.4% Direct and 0% Indirect — a landscape-level risk rather than a building-by-building one.
How Goodridge compares
Compare Goodridge's two percentiles: 96th within Minnesota, only 75th nationally — a gap of 21 points that marks it as unusually exposed for its own state. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Goodridge ranks 7,974 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 27,446 by building count (1 is largest). Within Minnesota alone, it ranks 38 of 914 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Minnesota on its state page.
Goodridge and the insurance market
Goodridge's high rating (75th percentile) puts it among the places where the national carrier-pullback trend is most relevant — not a guarantee of a coverage problem, but a reason to shop rather than assume.
What would actually reduce this score
With 59.6% of buildings rated Minimal exposure, Goodridge 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
Goodridge's 75th-percentile score and its burn-probability figure both come from the same USFS workbook, documented in the methodology guide. For more on what minimal exposure implies beyond Goodridge, see the exposure-zones guide.