Mahnomen (St. Louis), MN
How exposed is Mahnomen (St. Louis) to wildfire?
Out of every US place USFS scores, Mahnomen (St. Louis) lands at the 33rd percentile for wildfire risk to structures — close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range — a figure built from its 86 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 Mahnomen (St. Louis) at the 33rd percentile, close to its 33rd-percentile risk score.
Where Mahnomen (St. Louis)'s buildings actually sit
86 buildings are counted in Mahnomen (St. Louis), and 100% 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.
Mahnomen (St. Louis) against the rest of the country
Mahnomen (St. Louis) scores 33rd nationally and 41st within Minnesota — close enough that its state context doesn't change the picture the national number already gives. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Mahnomen (St. Louis) ranks 21,049 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 29,651 by building count (1 is largest). Within Minnesota alone, it ranks 539 of 914 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Minnesota on its state page.
What this risk score means for insurance
At the 33rd national percentile, Mahnomen (St. Louis) rates moderate for wildfire risk — well short of the threshold where insurers have been withdrawing coverage, though comparing a quote costs nothing either way.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
With 100% of Mahnomen (St. Louis) in Direct exposure, defensible-space clearing and ember-resistant construction (vents, Class-A roofing) address the exposure this page's own numbers describe, not a generic checklist. See the home-hardening guide.
Where Mahnomen (St. Louis)'s figures come from
Every one of the two percentiles behind Mahnomen (St. Louis)'s 21,049-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Mahnomen (St. Louis)'s dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.