Kiester, MN
How exposed is Kiester to wildfire?
Kiester sits at the 10th percentile nationally for wildfire risk to structures — among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally — per USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model, built from its 383 counted buildings, not vegetation cover alone. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Kiester's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 8th percentile nationally.
Kiester's building exposure, zone by zone
Only 16.7% of Kiester's 383 buildings carry Direct exposure and 0% carry Indirect; the remaining 83.3% are Minimal, which shifts the risk driving this page's score toward the surrounding landscape rather than any one structure.
How Kiester compares
Kiester's risk sits at a similar level relative to Minnesota (14th percentile statewide) as it does nationally (10th) — this place isn't unusual for its own state either way. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Kiester ranks 28,343 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 19,563 by building count (1 is largest). Within Minnesota alone, it ranks 788 of 914 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Minnesota on its state page.
Kiester and the insurance market
At the 10th national percentile, Kiester rates low for wildfire risk — well short of the threshold where insurers have been withdrawing coverage, though comparing a quote costs nothing either way.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
Kiester's 83.3% 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
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 383 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Kiester. For more on what minimal exposure implies beyond Kiester, see the exposure-zones guide.