New Richland, MN
New Richland wildfire risk explained
USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model puts New Richland at the 2nd national percentile for risk to structures, among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally — a score built from 645 actual buildings. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks New Richland at the 2nd national percentile — 0 points below its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
New Richland's building exposure, zone by zone
Most of New Richland's buildings (87.8% of 645) 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 New Richland ranks
New Richland's risk sits at a similar level relative to Minnesota (3rd percentile statewide) as it does nationally (2nd) — this place isn't unusual for its own state either way. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, New Richland ranks 30,831 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 15,263 by building count (1 is largest). Within Minnesota alone, it ranks 891 of 914 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Minnesota on its state page.
New Richland and the insurance market
At the 2nd national percentile, New Richland rates low 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 New Richland
Even with 87.8% of New Richland 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
Every one of the two percentiles behind New Richland's 30,831-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. For more on what minimal exposure implies beyond New Richland, see the exposure-zones guide.