Monango, ND
Monango wildfire risk explained
USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model puts Monango at the 52nd national percentile for risk to structures, modestly above the national average for wildfire risk — a score built from 59 actual buildings. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Monango at the 52nd national percentile — 0 points below its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Where Monango's buildings actually sit
USFS classifies 89.8% of Monango's buildings as Direct exposure, higher than its 10.2% Indirect share and far above its 0% Minimal share — a profile where 53 structures sit close enough to vegetation that lot clearing matters most.
How Monango compares
Monango scores 52nd nationally and 58th 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, Monango ranks 15,165 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 30,689 by building count (1 is largest). Within North Dakota alone, it ranks 171 of 402 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for North Dakota on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Monango
Monango'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.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
Monango's 89.8% Direct-exposure share means lot clearing around the structure typically outweighs any single material upgrade here. The home-hardening guide ranks the options for a place shaped like this.
Where Monango's figures come from
Monango'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 Monango's dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.