Larson, ND
Larson wildfire risk explained
Out of every US place USFS scores, Larson lands at the 56th percentile for wildfire risk to structures — modestly above the national average for wildfire risk — a figure built from its 29 buildings, not the land around them. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Larson's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 51st percentile nationally.
Larson's building exposure, zone by zone
Of Larson's 29 counted buildings, 58.6% carry Direct exposure and only 41.4% carry Minimal — a lopsided split that puts defensible-space clearing ahead of vents or roofing as the intervention worth doing first.
Larson against the rest of the country
There's little gap between Larson's 56th national percentile and its 64th percentile inside North Dakota, which means the state comparison mostly confirms what the national score already shows. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Larson ranks 13,940 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 31,373 by building count (1 is largest). Within North Dakota alone, it ranks 145 of 402 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for North Dakota on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Larson
Larson's elevated rating (56th percentile nationally) sits outside the range where wildfire risk alone reshapes an insurance market — still, a homeowner here loses nothing by comparing rates.
What would actually reduce this score
Because Direct exposure dominates in Larson (58.6%), the highest-leverage fix is defensible space, not roofing or vents alone — covered in the home-hardening guide.
More on how this number was built
Every one of the two percentiles behind Larson's 13,940-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Larson, see the exposure-zones guide.