Littlefork, MN
Littlefork, MN's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Littlefork's 583 buildings earn a 44th-percentile wildfire-risk score nationally under USFS's model — modestly above the national average for wildfire risk. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Littlefork at the 43rd national percentile — 1 points below its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
Most of Littlefork's buildings (78.2%) sit in the Indirect zone, where wind-blown embers rather than flame front are the mechanism USFS is scoring — ember-resistant vents and non-combustible roofing are the interventions this pattern favors, more than defensible space alone.
Littlefork against the rest of the country
Compare Littlefork's two percentiles: 63rd within Minnesota, only 44th nationally — a gap of 19 points that marks it as unusually exposed for its own state. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Littlefork ranks 17,645 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 16,064 by building count (1 is largest). Within Minnesota alone, it ranks 338 of 914 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Minnesota on its state page.
Littlefork and the insurance market
Littlefork's elevated rating (44th percentile nationally) sits outside the range where wildfire risk alone reshapes an insurance market — still, a homeowner here loses nothing by comparing rates.
Hardening a home in Littlefork
Because 78.2% of Littlefork'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 Littlefork's figures come from
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 583 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Littlefork. The exposure-zones guide covers what Littlefork's dominant indirect exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.