Isanti, MN
Isanti, MN's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
USFS scores Isanti at the 52nd national percentile for wildfire risk to structures (modestly above the national average for wildfire risk), a figure built from 2,131 real buildings rather than raw vegetation cover. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Isanti at the 49th percentile, close to its 52nd-percentile risk score.
Isanti's building exposure, zone by zone
Most of Isanti's buildings (64.9%) 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.
Isanti against the rest of the country
Within Minnesota, Isanti ranks higher (76th percentile) than it does nationally (52nd) — one of the more fire-exposed places in a state that, overall, scores lower than that. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Isanti ranks 15,283 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 7,113 by building count (1 is largest). Within Minnesota alone, it ranks 219 of 914 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Minnesota on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Isanti
At the 52nd national percentile, Isanti rates elevated for wildfire risk — well short of the threshold where insurers have been withdrawing coverage, though comparing a quote costs nothing either way.
Hardening a home in Isanti
Isanti's 64.9% 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 Isanti's 15,283-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. For more on what indirect exposure implies beyond Isanti, see the exposure-zones guide.