Hampton, MN
How exposed is Hampton to wildfire?
USFS scores Hampton at the 20th national percentile for wildfire risk to structures (close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range), a figure built from 323 real buildings rather than raw vegetation cover. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Hampton's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 20th percentile nationally.
Where Hampton's buildings actually sit
Hampton rates 69.4% Minimal exposure against just 30.7% Direct and 0% Indirect — of 323 buildings counted, few sit close enough to burnable vegetation for USFS to flag them individually.
Where Hampton ranks
There's little gap between Hampton's 20th national percentile and its 24th percentile inside Minnesota, which means the state comparison mostly confirms what the national score already shows. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Hampton ranks 25,092 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 21,009 by building count (1 is largest). Within Minnesota alone, it ranks 695 of 914 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Minnesota on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Hampton
At the 20th national percentile, Hampton 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 69.4% of buildings rated Minimal exposure, Hampton gets less benefit from structure hardening than a Direct- or Indirect-dominant place would — the home-hardening guide explains why the zone matters.
Where Hampton's figures come from
Hampton's 20th-percentile score and its burn-probability figure both come from the same USFS workbook, documented in the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Hampton's dominant minimal exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.