Minto, ND
How exposed is Minto to wildfire?
Out of every US place USFS scores, Minto lands at the 42nd percentile for wildfire risk to structures — modestly above the national average for wildfire risk — a figure built from its 449 buildings, not the land around them. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Minto at the 44th national percentile — 2 points above its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Minto's building exposure, zone by zone
Most of Minto's buildings (90% of 449) fall outside USFS's Direct and Indirect zones entirely — that doesn't zero out the score above, it means the risk is regional, not structure-by-structure.
Where Minto ranks
There's little gap between Minto's 42nd national percentile and its 30th percentile inside North Dakota, which means the state comparison mostly confirms what the national score already shows. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Minto ranks 18,278 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 18,302 by building count (1 is largest). Within North Dakota alone, it ranks 283 of 402 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for North Dakota on its state page.
Minto and the insurance market
At the 42nd national percentile, Minto rates elevated for wildfire risk — well short of the threshold where insurers have been withdrawing coverage, though comparing a quote costs nothing either way.
Hardening a home in Minto
With 90% of buildings rated Minimal exposure, Minto gets less benefit from structure hardening than a Direct- or Indirect-dominant place would — the home-hardening guide explains why the zone matters.
More on how this number was built
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 449 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Minto. For more on what minimal exposure implies beyond Minto, see the exposure-zones guide.