New Germany, MN
New Germany, MN's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Out of every US place USFS scores, New Germany lands at the 19th percentile for wildfire risk to structures — among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally — a figure built from its 254 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 New Germany at the 16th percentile, close to its 19th-percentile risk score.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
USFS classifies 67.7% of New Germany's buildings as Minimal exposure, the largest of the three zones here by a wide margin over 32.3% Direct and 0% Indirect — a landscape-level risk rather than a building-by-building one.
How New Germany compares
New Germany's risk sits at a similar level relative to Minnesota (23rd percentile statewide) as it does nationally (19th) — this place isn't unusual for its own state either way. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, New Germany ranks 25,407 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 23,016 by building count (1 is largest). Within Minnesota alone, it ranks 704 of 914 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Minnesota on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in New Germany
New Germany's low rating (19th 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 New Germany
Even with 67.7% of New Germany outside USFS's Direct and Indirect zones, basic hardening — gutter maintenance, ember-resistant vents — is inexpensive relative to the regional burn-probability risk noted above. Details in the home-hardening guide.
More on how this number was built
New Germany's 19th-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 New Germany, see the exposure-zones guide.