Hope, ND

Hope wildfire risk explained

Elevated

42ndpercentile nationally

Hope sits at the 42nd percentile nationally for wildfire risk to structures — modestly above the national average for wildfire risk — per USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model, built from its 254 counted buildings, not vegetation cover alone. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)

Separately from the risk score above, Hope's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 40th percentile nationally.

Hope's building exposure, zone by zone

254Total buildings

29.9%Direct exposure

68.9%Indirect exposure

1.2%Minimal exposure

Most of Hope's buildings (68.9%) sit in the Indirect zone, where wind-blown embers rather than flame front are the mechanism USFS is scoring — ember-resistant vents and non-combustible roofing are the interventions this pattern favors, more than defensible space alone.

Hope against the rest of the country

Hope's risk sits at a similar level relative to North Dakota (29th percentile statewide) as it does nationally (42nd) — this place isn't unusual for its own state either way. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Hope ranks 18,346 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 23,024 by building count (1 is largest). Within North Dakota alone, it ranks 287 of 402 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for North Dakota on its state page.

Shopping for coverage in Hope

At the 42nd national percentile, Hope 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

Hope's 68.9% Indirect-exposure share points at embers, not flame contact, as the main pathway — ember-resistant vents and non-combustible roofing rank ahead of defensible space here. Detail in the home-hardening guide.

More on how this number was built

Every one of the two percentiles behind Hope's 18,346-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. For more on what indirect exposure implies beyond Hope, see the exposure-zones guide.