Long Prairie, MN
Long Prairie, MN's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Out of every US place USFS scores, Long Prairie lands at the 56th percentile for wildfire risk to structures — modestly above the national average for wildfire risk — a figure built from its 1,653 buildings, not the land around them. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Long Prairie's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 54th percentile nationally.
Where Long Prairie's buildings actually sit
USFS puts 86.6% of Long Prairie's 1,653 buildings in the Indirect exposure zone, versus 13.1% Direct and 0.2% Minimal — a place where the fire doesn't need to reach the structure directly for embers to.
Where Long Prairie ranks
Long Prairie's 82nd-percentile standing inside Minnesota outpaces its 56th 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, Long Prairie ranks 13,958 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 8,585 by building count (1 is largest). Within Minnesota alone, it ranks 168 of 914 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Minnesota on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Long Prairie
Long Prairie's elevated rating (56th percentile nationally) sits outside the range where wildfire risk alone reshapes an insurance market — still, a homeowner here loses nothing by comparing rates.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
Because 86.6% of Long Prairie'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.
More on how this number was built
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 1,653 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Long Prairie. For more on what indirect exposure implies beyond Long Prairie, see the exposure-zones guide.