Hettinger, ND
Hettinger, ND's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model puts Hettinger at the 59th national percentile for risk to structures, modestly above the national average for wildfire risk — a score built from 964 actual buildings. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Hettinger at the 58th national percentile — 1 points below its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Hettinger's building exposure, zone by zone
964 buildings are counted in Hettinger, and 88.8% of them are Indirect exposure — ember-driven risk rather than the 11.2% in Direct exposure or the 0% rated Minimal.
How Hettinger compares
Hettinger's risk sits at a similar level relative to North Dakota (72nd percentile statewide) as it does nationally (59th) — this place isn't unusual for its own state either way. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Hettinger ranks 12,925 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 12,197 by building count (1 is largest). Within North Dakota alone, it ranks 115 of 402 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for North Dakota on its state page.
What this risk score means for insurance
At the 59th national percentile, Hettinger rates elevated for wildfire risk — well short of the threshold where insurers have been withdrawing coverage, though comparing a quote costs nothing either way.
What would actually reduce this score
Because 88.8% of Hettinger's buildings sit in the Indirect zone, sealing the ember pathway (vents, roofing, gutters) is the intervention this page's data actually supports — see the home-hardening guide.
More on how this number was built
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 964 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Hettinger. For more on what indirect exposure implies beyond Hettinger, see the exposure-zones guide.