Nekoma, ND
How exposed is Nekoma to wildfire?
USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model puts Nekoma at the 29th national percentile for risk to structures, close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range — a score built from 98 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 Nekoma at the 25th percentile, close to its 29th-percentile risk score.
Where Nekoma's buildings actually sit
Only 24.5% of Nekoma's 98 buildings carry Direct exposure and 0% carry Indirect; the remaining 75.5% are Minimal, which shifts the risk driving this page's score toward the surrounding landscape rather than any one structure.
Nekoma against the rest of the country
Nekoma ranks lower within North Dakota (12th percentile statewide) than its 29th national percentile suggests alone — a calmer spot in a state where wildfire risk generally runs high. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Nekoma ranks 22,445 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 29,143 by building count (1 is largest). Within North Dakota alone, it ranks 355 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
Nekoma's moderate rating (29th percentile nationally) sits outside the range where wildfire risk alone reshapes an insurance market — still, a homeowner here loses nothing by comparing rates.
Hardening a home in Nekoma
With 75.5% of buildings rated Minimal exposure, Nekoma 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
Nekoma's 29th-percentile score and its burn-probability figure both come from the same USFS workbook, documented in the methodology guide. For more on what minimal exposure implies beyond Nekoma, see the exposure-zones guide.