Ironton, MN
Ironton, MN's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Ironton's 339 buildings earn a 50th-percentile wildfire-risk score nationally under USFS's model — modestly above the national average for wildfire risk. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Ironton at the 49th national percentile — 0 points below its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Ironton's building exposure, zone by zone
339 buildings are counted in Ironton, and 92% of them are Indirect exposure — ember-driven risk rather than the 8% in Direct exposure or the 0% rated Minimal.
How Ironton compares
Within Minnesota, Ironton ranks higher (74th percentile) than it does nationally (50th) — one of the more fire-exposed places in a state that, overall, scores lower than that. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Ironton ranks 15,881 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 20,595 by building count (1 is largest). Within Minnesota alone, it ranks 240 of 914 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Minnesota on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Ironton
Ironton's elevated rating (50th 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
Because 92% of Ironton'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 339 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Ironton. For more on what indirect exposure implies beyond Ironton, see the exposure-zones guide.