Le Center, MN
Le Center wildfire risk explained
Le Center sits at the 17th percentile nationally for wildfire risk to structures — among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally — per USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model, built from its 1,148 counted buildings, not vegetation cover alone. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Le Center's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 15th percentile nationally.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
USFS classifies 87% of Le Center's buildings as Minimal exposure, the largest of the three zones here by a wide margin over 13% Direct and 0% Indirect — a landscape-level risk rather than a building-by-building one.
Where Le Center ranks
Le Center's risk sits at a similar level relative to Minnesota (20th percentile statewide) as it does nationally (17th) — this place isn't unusual for its own state either way. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Le Center ranks 26,163 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 10,971 by building count (1 is largest). Within Minnesota alone, it ranks 728 of 914 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Minnesota on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Le Center
Le Center's low rating (17th 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
Le Center's 87% Minimal-exposure share means structure-level hardening matters less here than it would elsewhere — still worth the low-cost basics, per the home-hardening guide.
More on how this number was built
Le Center's 17th-percentile score and its burn-probability figure both come from the same USFS workbook, documented in the methodology guide. For more on what minimal exposure implies beyond Le Center, see the exposure-zones guide.