New Leipzig, ND
New Leipzig, ND's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model puts New Leipzig at the 53rd national percentile for risk to structures, modestly above the national average for wildfire risk — a score built from 314 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 New Leipzig at the 52nd percentile, close to its 53rd-percentile risk score.
Where New Leipzig's buildings actually sit
314 buildings are counted in New Leipzig, and 81.2% of them are Indirect exposure — ember-driven risk rather than the 18.8% in Direct exposure or the 0% rated Minimal.
Where New Leipzig ranks
There's little gap between New Leipzig's 53rd national percentile and its 60th 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, New Leipzig ranks 14,727 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 21,257 by building count (1 is largest). Within North Dakota alone, it ranks 162 of 402 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for North Dakota on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in New Leipzig
New Leipzig's elevated rating (53rd percentile nationally) sits outside the range where wildfire risk alone reshapes an insurance market — still, a homeowner here loses nothing by comparing rates.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
New Leipzig's 81.2% Indirect-exposure share points at embers, not flame contact, as the main pathway — ember-resistant vents and non-combustible roofing rank ahead of defensible space here. Detail in the home-hardening guide.
More on how this number was built
New Leipzig's 53rd-percentile score and its burn-probability figure both come from the same USFS workbook, documented in the methodology guide. For more on what indirect exposure implies beyond New Leipzig, see the exposure-zones guide.