Parshall, ND
Parshall wildfire risk explained
Out of every US place USFS scores, Parshall lands at the 58th percentile for wildfire risk to structures — modestly above the national average for wildfire risk — a figure built from its 838 buildings, not the land around them. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Parshall at the 52nd percentile, close to its 58th-percentile risk score.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
Most of Parshall's buildings (79.8% of 838) 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.
Parshall against the rest of the country
There's little gap between Parshall's 58th national percentile and its 68th percentile inside North Dakota, which means the state comparison mostly confirms what the national score already shows. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Parshall ranks 13,342 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 13,275 by building count (1 is largest). Within North Dakota alone, it ranks 130 of 402 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for North Dakota on its state page.
What this risk score means for insurance
Parshall's elevated rating (58th 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
Parshall's 79.8% 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
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 838 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Parshall. For more on what minimal exposure implies beyond Parshall, see the exposure-zones guide.