Kindred, ND
Kindred wildfire risk explained
Kindred sits at the 26th 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 522 counted buildings, not vegetation cover alone. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Kindred's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 25th percentile nationally.
Where Kindred's buildings actually sit
Kindred rates 86% Minimal exposure against just 14% Direct and 0% Indirect — of 522 buildings counted, few sit close enough to burnable vegetation for USFS to flag them individually.
How Kindred compares
Kindred ranks lower within North Dakota (9th percentile statewide) than its 26th national percentile suggests alone — a calmer spot in a state where wildfire risk generally runs high. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Kindred ranks 23,265 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 16,997 by building count (1 is largest). Within North Dakota alone, it ranks 365 of 402 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for North Dakota on its state page.
Kindred and the insurance market
Kindred's moderate wildfire rating (26th percentile) isn't the kind of score driving the carrier pullback making news in the highest-risk Western markets — but a standard homeowners quote is still worth comparing on its own terms.
Hardening a home in Kindred
Kindred's 86% 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 522 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Kindred. For more on what minimal exposure implies beyond Kindred, see the exposure-zones guide.