Ihlen, MN
How exposed is Ihlen to wildfire?
USFS scores Ihlen at the 42nd national percentile for wildfire risk to structures (modestly above the national average for wildfire risk), a figure built from 75 real buildings rather than raw vegetation cover. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Ihlen's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 38th percentile nationally.
Ihlen's building exposure, zone by zone
USFS classifies 69.3% of Ihlen's buildings as Minimal exposure, the largest of the three zones here by a wide margin over 30.7% Direct and 0% Indirect — a landscape-level risk rather than a building-by-building one.
How Ihlen compares
Ihlen's 58th-percentile standing inside Minnesota outpaces its 42nd national percentile — this is a hotter spot than most of its own state, even though the state as a whole runs cooler nationally. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Ihlen ranks 18,371 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 30,092 by building count (1 is largest). Within Minnesota alone, it ranks 386 of 914 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Minnesota on its state page.
Ihlen and the insurance market
Ihlen's elevated rating (42nd 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 Ihlen
Ihlen's 69.3% Minimal-exposure share means structure-level hardening matters less here than it would elsewhere — still worth the low-cost basics, per the home-hardening guide.
More on how this number was built
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 75 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Ihlen. For more on what minimal exposure implies beyond Ihlen, see the exposure-zones guide.