Nielsville, MN
Nielsville wildfire risk explained
Out of every US place USFS scores, Nielsville lands at the 33rd percentile for wildfire risk to structures — close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range — a figure built from its 88 buildings, not the land around them. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Nielsville at the 31st national percentile — 2 points below its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Where Nielsville's buildings actually sit
Most of Nielsville's buildings (56.8% of 88) 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.
How Nielsville compares
There's little gap between Nielsville's 33rd national percentile and its 40th percentile inside Minnesota, which means the state comparison mostly confirms what the national score already shows. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Nielsville ranks 21,241 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 29,578 by building count (1 is largest). Within Minnesota alone, it ranks 552 of 914 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Minnesota on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Nielsville
Nielsville's moderate rating (33rd percentile nationally) sits outside the range where wildfire risk alone reshapes an insurance market — still, a homeowner here loses nothing by comparing rates.
Hardening a home in Nielsville
Nielsville's 56.8% Minimal-exposure share means structure-level hardening matters less here than it would elsewhere — still worth the low-cost basics, per the home-hardening guide.
More on how this number was built
Every one of the two percentiles behind Nielsville's 21,241-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. For more on what minimal exposure implies beyond Nielsville, see the exposure-zones guide.