Milnor, ND
Milnor, ND's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model puts Milnor at the 56th national percentile for risk to structures, modestly above the national average for wildfire risk — a score built from 541 actual buildings. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Milnor at the 54th percentile, close to its 56th-percentile risk score.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
USFS classifies 72.3% of Milnor's buildings as Minimal exposure, the largest of the three zones here by a wide margin over 27.7% Direct and 0% Indirect — a landscape-level risk rather than a building-by-building one.
Where Milnor ranks
Milnor scores 56th nationally and 65th within North Dakota — close enough that its state context doesn't change the picture the national number already gives. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Milnor ranks 13,877 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 16,706 by building count (1 is largest). Within North Dakota alone, it ranks 142 of 402 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for North Dakota on its state page.
What this risk score means for insurance
At the 56th national percentile, Milnor rates elevated 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
Milnor's 72.3% Minimal-exposure share means structure-level hardening matters less here than it would elsewhere — still worth the low-cost basics, per the home-hardening guide.
Where Milnor's figures come from
Every one of the two percentiles behind Milnor's 13,877-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Milnor's dominant minimal exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.