Minnesota City, MN
Minnesota City, MN's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
USFS scores Minnesota City at the 27th national percentile for wildfire risk to structures (close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range), a figure built from 132 real buildings rather than raw vegetation cover. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Minnesota City at the 28th national percentile — 0 points above its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Where Minnesota City's buildings actually sit
76.5% of Minnesota City's 132 buildings fall in USFS's Indirect exposure zone — ember cast rather than direct flame — against 23.5% Direct and 0% Minimal. Vent screens and roofing material matter more here than lot clearing alone.
Minnesota City against the rest of the country
Minnesota City scores 27th nationally and 32nd 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, Minnesota City ranks 22,974 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 27,623 by building count (1 is largest). Within Minnesota alone, it ranks 621 of 914 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Minnesota on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Minnesota City
Minnesota City's moderate wildfire rating (27th percentile) isn't the kind of score driving the carrier pullback making news in the highest-risk Western markets — but a standard homeowners quote is still worth comparing on its own terms.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
Because 76.5% of Minnesota City'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 Minnesota City's figures come from
Every one of the two percentiles behind Minnesota City's 22,974-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Minnesota City's dominant indirect exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.