Minnetrista, MN
How exposed is Minnetrista to wildfire?
Out of every US place USFS scores, Minnetrista lands at the 52nd percentile for wildfire risk to structures — modestly above the national average for wildfire risk — a figure built from its 4,029 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 Minnetrista at the 49th percentile, close to its 52nd-percentile risk score.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
4,029 buildings are counted in Minnetrista, and 67.3% of them sit in USFS's Direct exposure zone — flame contact, not just ember cast, is the live possibility for most of them, against 15.4% rated Minimal.
Minnetrista against the rest of the country
Minnetrista's 76th-percentile standing inside Minnesota outpaces its 52nd 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, Minnetrista ranks 15,284 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 4,216 by building count (1 is largest). Within Minnesota alone, it ranks 220 of 914 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Minnesota on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Minnetrista
Minnetrista's elevated wildfire rating (52nd 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.
What would actually reduce this score
With 67.3% of Minnetrista 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 Minnetrista's figures come from
Minnetrista's 52nd-percentile score and its burn-probability figure both come from the same USFS workbook, documented in the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Minnetrista's dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.