Lexington, MN
How exposed is Lexington to wildfire?
USFS scores Lexington at the 59th national percentile for wildfire risk to structures (modestly above the national average for wildfire risk), a figure built from 963 real buildings rather than raw vegetation cover. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Lexington at the 51st percentile, close to its 59th-percentile risk score.
Lexington's building exposure, zone by zone
USFS classifies 80.6% of Lexington's buildings as Minimal exposure, the largest of the three zones here by a wide margin over 19.4% Direct and 0% Indirect — a landscape-level risk rather than a building-by-building one.
Where Lexington ranks
Lexington's 85th-percentile standing inside Minnesota outpaces its 59th national percentile — this is a hotter spot than most of its own state, even though the state as a whole runs cooler nationally. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Lexington ranks 13,081 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 12,203 by building count (1 is largest). Within Minnesota alone, it ranks 140 of 914 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Minnesota on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Lexington
At the 59th national percentile, Lexington 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
With 80.6% of buildings rated Minimal exposure, Lexington gets less benefit from structure hardening than a Direct- or Indirect-dominant place would — the home-hardening guide explains why the zone matters.
Where Lexington's figures come from
Every one of the two percentiles behind Lexington's 13,081-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Lexington's dominant minimal exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.