New Trier, MN
New Trier, MN's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
New Trier's 80 buildings earn a 9th-percentile wildfire-risk score nationally under USFS's model — among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, New Trier's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 9th percentile nationally.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
Only 30% of New Trier's 80 buildings carry Direct exposure and 0% carry Indirect; the remaining 70% are Minimal, which shifts the risk driving this page's score toward the surrounding landscape rather than any one structure.
How New Trier compares
New Trier's risk sits at a similar level relative to Minnesota (13th percentile statewide) as it does nationally (9th) — this place isn't unusual for its own state either way. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, New Trier ranks 28,561 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 29,882 by building count (1 is largest). Within Minnesota alone, it ranks 796 of 914 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Minnesota on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in New Trier
New Trier's low rating (9th percentile nationally) sits outside the range where wildfire risk alone reshapes an insurance market — still, a homeowner here loses nothing by comparing rates.
What would actually reduce this score
Even with 70% of New Trier 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.
Where New Trier's figures come from
Every one of the two percentiles behind New Trier's 28,561-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what New Trier's dominant minimal exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.