Lansford, ND
How exposed is Lansford to wildfire?
USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model puts Lansford at the 28th national percentile for risk to structures, close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range — a score built from 246 actual buildings. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Lansford's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 26th percentile nationally.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
82.1% of Lansford's 246 buildings sit in USFS's Minimal exposure zone, with only 17.9% rated Direct — risk here comes from regional burn probability more than proximity to burnable vegetation at the structure itself.
Where Lansford ranks
Lansford ranks lower within North Dakota (11th percentile statewide) than its 28th national percentile suggests alone — a calmer spot in a state where wildfire risk generally runs high. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Lansford ranks 22,574 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 23,273 by building count (1 is largest). Within North Dakota alone, it ranks 357 of 402 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for North Dakota on its state page.
Lansford and the insurance market
Lansford's moderate wildfire rating (28th 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
With 82.1% of buildings rated Minimal exposure, Lansford gets less benefit from structure hardening than a Direct- or Indirect-dominant place would — the home-hardening guide explains why the zone matters.
More on how this number was built
Every one of the two percentiles behind Lansford's 22,574-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. For more on what minimal exposure implies beyond Lansford, see the exposure-zones guide.