Nome, ND
Nome, ND's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
USFS scores Nome at the 54th national percentile for wildfire risk to structures (modestly above the national average for wildfire risk), a figure built from 85 real buildings rather than raw vegetation cover. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Nome at the 53rd national percentile — 2 points below its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
85 buildings are counted in Nome, and 57.7% of them sit in USFS's Direct exposure zone — flame contact, not just ember cast, is the live possibility for most of them, against 42.4% rated Minimal.
How Nome compares
Nome's risk sits at a similar level relative to North Dakota (61st percentile statewide) as it does nationally (54th) — this place isn't unusual for its own state either way. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Nome ranks 14,411 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 29,700 by building count (1 is largest). Within North Dakota alone, it ranks 159 of 402 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for North Dakota on its state page.
Nome and the insurance market
Nome's elevated rating (54th percentile nationally) sits outside the range where wildfire risk alone reshapes an insurance market — still, a homeowner here loses nothing by comparing rates.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
Because Direct exposure dominates in Nome (57.7%), the highest-leverage fix is defensible space, not roofing or vents alone — covered in the home-hardening guide.
More on how this number was built
Every one of the two percentiles behind Nome's 14,411-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Nome, see the exposure-zones guide.