Grant, MN
How exposed is Grant to wildfire?
USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model puts Grant at the 46th national percentile for risk to structures, modestly above the national average for wildfire risk — a score built from 2,764 actual buildings. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Grant at the 46th national percentile — 0 points above its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
Of Grant's 2,764 counted buildings, 97.6% carry Direct exposure and only 2% carry Minimal — a lopsided split that puts defensible-space clearing ahead of vents or roofing as the intervention worth doing first.
How Grant compares
Compare Grant's two percentiles: 66th within Minnesota, only 46th nationally — a gap of 21 points that marks it as unusually exposed for its own state. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Grant ranks 17,143 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 5,827 by building count (1 is largest). Within Minnesota alone, it ranks 309 of 914 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Minnesota on its state page.
What this risk score means for insurance
Grant's elevated rating (46th percentile nationally) sits outside the range where wildfire risk alone reshapes an insurance market — still, a homeowner here loses nothing by comparing rates.
Hardening a home in Grant
With 97.6% of Grant 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
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 2,764 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Grant. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Grant, see the exposure-zones guide.