Norcross, MN
Norcross, MN's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
USFS scores Norcross at the 22nd national percentile for wildfire risk to structures (close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range), a figure built from 90 real buildings rather than raw vegetation cover. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Norcross at the 14th national percentile — 8 points below its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Where Norcross's buildings actually sit
51.1% of Norcross's 90 buildings sit in USFS's Direct exposure zone, roughly 46 structures close enough to burnable vegetation for flame contact, not just embers — 0% fall in the Indirect, ember-only zone and 48.9% are Minimal.
Where Norcross ranks
There's little gap between Norcross's 22nd national percentile and its 26th percentile inside Minnesota, which means the state comparison mostly confirms what the national score already shows. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Norcross ranks 24,557 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 29,496 by building count (1 is largest). Within Minnesota alone, it ranks 680 of 914 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Minnesota on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Norcross
Norcross's moderate rating (22nd 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
Norcross's 51.1% Direct-exposure share means lot clearing around the structure typically outweighs any single material upgrade here. The home-hardening guide ranks the options for a place shaped like this.
More on how this number was built
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 90 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Norcross. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Norcross, see the exposure-zones guide.