New Rockford, ND
New Rockford, ND's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model puts New Rockford at the 65th national percentile for risk to structures, well above the national norm for wildfire risk — a score built from 1,104 actual buildings. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks New Rockford at the 65th national percentile — 0 points below its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Where New Rockford's buildings actually sit
1,104 buildings are counted in New Rockford, and 65.7% of them are Indirect exposure — ember-driven risk rather than the 22.4% in Direct exposure or the 12% rated Minimal.
How New Rockford compares
New Rockford's 82nd-percentile standing inside North Dakota outpaces its 65th national percentile — this is a hotter spot than most of its own state, even though the state as a whole runs cooler nationally. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, New Rockford ranks 11,012 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 11,256 by building count (1 is largest). Within North Dakota alone, it ranks 74 of 402 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for North Dakota on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in New Rockford
At the 65th percentile nationally, New Rockford carries the high rating that has pushed some carriers to limit new business in similarly-scored places elsewhere in the country. Worth comparing quotes rather than assuming last year's renewal terms still apply.
What would actually reduce this score
Because 65.7% of New Rockford's buildings sit in the Indirect zone, sealing the ember pathway (vents, roofing, gutters) is the intervention this page's data actually supports — see the home-hardening guide.
More on how this number was built
New Rockford's 65th-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 Rockford, see the exposure-zones guide.