Hoople, ND
Hoople, ND's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model puts Hoople at the 14th national percentile for risk to structures, among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally — a score built from 248 actual buildings. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Hoople at the 13th percentile, close to its 14th-percentile risk score.
Hoople's building exposure, zone by zone
84.7% of Hoople's 248 buildings sit in USFS's Minimal exposure zone, with only 15.3% rated Direct — risk here comes from regional burn probability more than proximity to burnable vegetation at the structure itself.
Where Hoople ranks
Hoople's risk sits at a similar level relative to North Dakota (3rd percentile statewide) as it does nationally (14th) — this place isn't unusual for its own state either way. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Hoople ranks 27,141 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 23,218 by building count (1 is largest). Within North Dakota alone, it ranks 391 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
Hoople's low rating (14th percentile nationally) sits outside the range where wildfire risk alone reshapes an insurance market — still, a homeowner here loses nothing by comparing rates.
What would actually reduce this score
Even with 84.7% of Hoople outside USFS's Direct and Indirect zones, basic hardening — gutter maintenance, ember-resistant vents — is inexpensive relative to the regional burn-probability risk noted above. Details in the home-hardening guide.
Where Hoople's figures come from
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 248 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Hoople. The exposure-zones guide covers what Hoople's dominant minimal exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.