Millville, MN
Millville wildfire risk explained
Millville's 134 buildings earn a 17th-percentile wildfire-risk score nationally under USFS's model — among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Millville at the 17th national percentile — 0 points above its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
USFS puts 71.6% of Millville's 134 buildings in the Indirect exposure zone, versus 28.4% Direct and 0% Minimal — a place where the fire doesn't need to reach the structure directly for embers to.
Where Millville ranks
There's little gap between Millville's 17th national percentile and its 21st percentile inside Minnesota, which means the state comparison mostly confirms what the national score already shows. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Millville ranks 26,099 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 27,543 by building count (1 is largest). Within Minnesota alone, it ranks 726 of 914 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Minnesota on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Millville
Millville's low rating (17th 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
Millville's 71.6% Indirect-exposure share points at embers, not flame contact, as the main pathway — ember-resistant vents and non-combustible roofing rank ahead of defensible space here. Detail in the home-hardening guide.
More on how this number was built
Millville's 17th-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 Millville, see the exposure-zones guide.