New Town, ND
How exposed is New Town to wildfire?
USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model puts New Town at the 82nd national percentile for risk to structures, in USFS's highest wildfire-risk band nationally — a score built from 1,235 actual buildings. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, New Town's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 82nd percentile nationally.
Where New Town's buildings actually sit
1,235 buildings are counted in New Town, and 83.6% of them are Indirect exposure — ember-driven risk rather than the 16.4% in Direct exposure or the 0% rated Minimal.
How New Town compares
New Town's risk sits at a similar level relative to North Dakota (96th percentile statewide) as it does nationally (82nd) — this place isn't unusual for its own state either way. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, New Town ranks 5,557 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 10,440 by building count (1 is largest). Within North Dakota alone, it ranks 18 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
New Town's very high rating (82nd percentile) puts it among the places where the national carrier-pullback trend is most relevant — not a guarantee of a coverage problem, but a reason to shop rather than assume.
What would actually reduce this score
New Town's 83.6% 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.
Where New Town's figures come from
Every one of the two percentiles behind New Town's 5,557-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what New Town's dominant indirect exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.