Kingston, MN
Kingston, MN's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
USFS scores Kingston at the 34th national percentile for wildfire risk to structures (close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range), a figure built from 114 real buildings rather than raw vegetation cover. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Kingston at the 30th percentile, close to its 34th-percentile risk score.
Kingston's building exposure, zone by zone
82.5% of Kingston's 114 buildings sit in USFS's Direct exposure zone, roughly 94 structures close enough to burnable vegetation for flame contact, not just embers — 17.5% fall in the Indirect, ember-only zone and 0% are Minimal.
How Kingston compares
Kingston's risk sits at a similar level relative to Minnesota (42nd percentile statewide) as it does nationally (34th) — this place isn't unusual for its own state either way. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Kingston ranks 20,897 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 28,456 by building count (1 is largest). Within Minnesota alone, it ranks 529 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
Kingston's moderate rating (34th percentile nationally) sits outside the range where wildfire risk alone reshapes an insurance market — still, a homeowner here loses nothing by comparing rates.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
With 82.5% of Kingston in Direct exposure, defensible-space clearing and ember-resistant construction (vents, Class-A roofing) address the exposure this page's own numbers describe, not a generic checklist. See the home-hardening guide.
More on how this number was built
Kingston's 34th-percentile score and its burn-probability figure both come from the same USFS workbook, documented in the methodology guide. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Kingston, see the exposure-zones guide.