Lehr, ND
How exposed is Lehr to wildfire?
Out of every US place USFS scores, Lehr lands at the 58th percentile for wildfire risk to structures — modestly above the national average for wildfire risk — a figure built from its 208 buildings, not the land around them. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Lehr's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 51st percentile nationally.
Lehr's building exposure, zone by zone
USFS puts 69.2% of Lehr's 208 buildings in the Indirect exposure zone, versus 30.8% Direct and 0% Minimal — a place where the fire doesn't need to reach the structure directly for embers to.
How Lehr compares
Lehr's risk sits at a similar level relative to North Dakota (69th percentile statewide) as it does nationally (58th) — this place isn't unusual for its own state either way. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Lehr ranks 13,246 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 24,567 by building count (1 is largest). Within North Dakota alone, it ranks 127 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 58th national percentile, Lehr 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
Because 69.2% of Lehr'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.
Where Lehr's figures come from
Every one of the two percentiles behind Lehr's 13,246-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Lehr's dominant indirect exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.