Leith, ND
Leith wildfire risk explained
USFS scores Leith at the 46th national percentile for wildfire risk to structures (modestly above the national average for wildfire risk), a figure built from 65 real buildings rather than raw vegetation cover. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Leith at the 44th national percentile — 2 points below its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Where Leith's buildings actually sit
65 buildings are counted in Leith, and 61.5% of them sit in USFS's Direct exposure zone — flame contact, not just ember cast, is the live possibility for most of them, against 0% rated Minimal.
How Leith compares
Leith scores 46th nationally and 42nd within North Dakota — close enough that its state context doesn't change the picture the national number already gives. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Leith ranks 16,902 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 30,471 by building count (1 is largest). Within North Dakota alone, it ranks 234 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
Leith's elevated wildfire rating (46th 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
Because Direct exposure dominates in Leith (61.5%), 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 Leith's 16,902-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Leith, see the exposure-zones guide.