Kasson, MN
Kasson, MN's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Kasson's 2,782 buildings earn a 6th-percentile wildfire-risk score nationally under USFS's model — among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Kasson at the 6th national percentile — 0 points above its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Kasson's building exposure, zone by zone
Kasson rates 80.1% Minimal exposure against just 16.6% Direct and 3.3% Indirect — of 2,782 buildings counted, few sit close enough to burnable vegetation for USFS to flag them individually.
Kasson against the rest of the country
Kasson's risk sits at a similar level relative to Minnesota (9th percentile statewide) as it does nationally (6th) — this place isn't unusual for its own state either way. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Kasson ranks 29,694 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 5,800 by building count (1 is largest). Within Minnesota alone, it ranks 832 of 914 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Minnesota on its state page.
Kasson and the insurance market
Kasson's low rating (6th 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 Kasson
Kasson's 80.1% 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.
Where Kasson's figures come from
Kasson's 6th-percentile score and its burn-probability figure both come from the same USFS workbook, documented in the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Kasson's dominant minimal exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.