Killdeer, ND
Killdeer wildfire risk explained
Killdeer's 856 buildings earn a 73rd-percentile wildfire-risk score nationally under USFS's model — well above the national norm for wildfire risk. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Killdeer's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 70th percentile nationally.
Killdeer's building exposure, zone by zone
856 buildings are counted in Killdeer, and 60.5% of them are Indirect exposure — ember-driven risk rather than the 39.5% in Direct exposure or the 0% rated Minimal.
Killdeer against the rest of the country
Within North Dakota, Killdeer ranks higher (89th percentile) than it does nationally (73rd) — one of the more fire-exposed places in a state that, overall, scores lower than that. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Killdeer ranks 8,643 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 13,122 by building count (1 is largest). Within North Dakota alone, it ranks 45 of 402 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for North Dakota on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Killdeer
Killdeer's 73rd-percentile, high rating is the kind of score behind a broader national pattern: insurers pulling back from the highest wildfire-risk markets, non-renewing or declining new policies outright, most visibly in California. Shopping around, not assuming automatic renewal, tends to matter here.
What would actually reduce this score
With ember exposure the dominant pattern in Killdeer (60.5% Indirect), vent screens and roofing material tend to matter more than lot clearing alone. The home-hardening guide covers both.
More on how this number was built
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 856 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Killdeer. For more on what indirect exposure implies beyond Killdeer, see the exposure-zones guide.