Inkster, ND
Inkster, ND's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model puts Inkster at the 43rd national percentile for risk to structures, modestly above the national average for wildfire risk — a score built from 89 actual buildings. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Inkster at the 43rd national percentile — 1 points below its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
89 buildings are counted in Inkster, and 34.8% of them are Indirect exposure — ember-driven risk rather than the 33.7% in Direct exposure or the 31.5% rated Minimal.
Inkster against the rest of the country
There's little gap between Inkster's 43rd national percentile and its 33rd percentile inside North Dakota, which means the state comparison mostly confirms what the national score already shows. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Inkster ranks 17,910 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 29,546 by building count (1 is largest). Within North Dakota alone, it ranks 268 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
Inkster's elevated rating (43rd 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 Inkster
Because 34.8% of Inkster'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 89 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Inkster. For more on what indirect exposure implies beyond Inkster, see the exposure-zones guide.