Jackson, MN
Jackson, MN's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Jackson sits at the 40th percentile nationally for wildfire risk to structures — close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range — per USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model, built from its 1,939 counted buildings, not vegetation cover alone. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Jackson's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 37th percentile nationally.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
Jackson rates 67.7% Minimal exposure against just 32.3% Direct and 0% Indirect — of 1,939 buildings counted, few sit close enough to burnable vegetation for USFS to flag them individually.
Jackson against the rest of the country
Jackson scores 40th nationally and 54th within Minnesota — close enough that its state context doesn't change the picture the national number already gives. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Jackson ranks 18,968 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 7,648 by building count (1 is largest). Within Minnesota alone, it ranks 421 of 914 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Minnesota on its state page.
What this risk score means for insurance
Jackson's moderate rating (40th 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 Jackson
Jackson's 67.7% 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
Every one of the two percentiles behind Jackson's 18,968-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. For more on what minimal exposure implies beyond Jackson, see the exposure-zones guide.