Leonidas, MN
Leonidas wildfire risk explained
Out of every US place USFS scores, Leonidas lands at the 36th percentile for wildfire risk to structures — close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range — a figure built from its 55 buildings, not the land around them. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Leonidas at the 34th percentile, close to its 36th-percentile risk score.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
Indirect exposure is dominant in Leonidas (74.6% of 55 buildings): far enough from burnable vegetation to avoid flame contact, close enough for wind-blown embers. Only 25.5% sit in the Direct zone.
How Leonidas compares
Leonidas's risk sits at a similar level relative to Minnesota (47th percentile statewide) as it does nationally (36th) — this place isn't unusual for its own state either way. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Leonidas ranks 20,105 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 30,788 by building count (1 is largest). Within Minnesota alone, it ranks 484 of 914 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Minnesota on its state page.
Leonidas and the insurance market
Leonidas's moderate rating (36th 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
With ember exposure the dominant pattern in Leonidas (74.6% Indirect), vent screens and roofing material tend to matter more than lot clearing alone. The home-hardening guide covers both.
More on how this number was built
Leonidas's 36th-percentile score and its burn-probability figure both come from the same USFS workbook, documented in the methodology guide. For more on what indirect exposure implies beyond Leonidas, see the exposure-zones guide.