Knox, ND
Knox wildfire risk explained
USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model puts Knox at the 50th national percentile for risk to structures, modestly above the national average for wildfire risk — a score built from 66 actual buildings. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Knox's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 46th percentile nationally.
Where Knox's buildings actually sit
53% of Knox's 66 buildings fall in USFS's Indirect exposure zone — ember cast rather than direct flame — against 47% Direct and 0% Minimal. Vent screens and roofing material matter more here than lot clearing alone.
How Knox compares
Knox scores 50th nationally and 51st within North Dakota — close enough that its state context doesn't change the picture the national number already gives. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Knox ranks 15,797 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 30,440 by building count (1 is largest). Within North Dakota alone, it ranks 195 of 402 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for North Dakota on its state page.
What this risk score means for insurance
Knox's elevated wildfire rating (50th 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.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
Because 53% of Knox's buildings sit in the Indirect zone, sealing the ember pathway (vents, roofing, gutters) is the intervention this page's data actually supports — see the home-hardening guide.
More on how this number was built
Knox's 50th-percentile score and its burn-probability figure both come from the same USFS workbook, documented in the methodology guide. For more on what indirect exposure implies beyond Knox, see the exposure-zones guide.