Larimore, ND
Larimore wildfire risk explained
Larimore's 802 buildings earn a 50th-percentile wildfire-risk score nationally under USFS's model — modestly above the national average for wildfire risk. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Larimore at the 48th national percentile — 1 points below its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Larimore's building exposure, zone by zone
Only 16.7% of Larimore's 802 buildings carry Direct exposure and 0% carry Indirect; the remaining 83.3% are Minimal, which shifts the risk driving this page's score toward the surrounding landscape rather than any one structure.
How Larimore compares
Larimore's risk sits at a similar level relative to North Dakota (51st percentile statewide) as it does nationally (50th) — this place isn't unusual for its own state either way. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Larimore ranks 15,861 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 13,614 by building count (1 is largest). Within North Dakota alone, it ranks 199 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
At the 50th national percentile, Larimore rates elevated for wildfire risk — well short of the threshold where insurers have been withdrawing coverage, though comparing a quote costs nothing either way.
What would actually reduce this score
Even with 83.3% of Larimore outside USFS's Direct and Indirect zones, basic hardening — gutter maintenance, ember-resistant vents — is inexpensive relative to the regional burn-probability risk noted above. Details in the home-hardening guide.
More on how this number was built
Every one of the two percentiles behind Larimore's 15,861-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. For more on what minimal exposure implies beyond Larimore, see the exposure-zones guide.