Norwood Young America, MN
Norwood Young America, MN's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Norwood Young America's 1,565 buildings earn a 28th-percentile wildfire-risk score nationally under USFS's model — close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Norwood Young America at the 24th national percentile — 5 points below its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Norwood Young America's building exposure, zone by zone
USFS classifies 83.1% of Norwood Young America's buildings as Minimal exposure, the largest of the three zones here by a wide margin over 16.9% Direct and 0% Indirect — a landscape-level risk rather than a building-by-building one.
How Norwood Young America compares
Norwood Young America's risk sits at a similar level relative to Minnesota (34th percentile statewide) as it does nationally (28th) — this place isn't unusual for its own state either way. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Norwood Young America ranks 22,604 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 8,903 by building count (1 is largest). Within Minnesota alone, it ranks 603 of 914 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Minnesota on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Norwood Young America
Norwood Young America's moderate wildfire rating (28th percentile) isn't the kind of score driving the carrier pullback making news in the highest-risk Western markets — but a standard homeowners quote is still worth comparing on its own terms.
Hardening a home in Norwood Young America
With 83.1% of buildings rated Minimal exposure, Norwood Young America gets less benefit from structure hardening than a Direct- or Indirect-dominant place would — the home-hardening guide explains why the zone matters.
Where Norwood Young America's figures come from
Norwood Young America's 28th-percentile score and its burn-probability figure both come from the same USFS workbook, documented in the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Norwood Young America's dominant minimal exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.